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’ 4 the leadir 9 features of the pol.tical
T T’ vnrafr 'itl ’• w-. The a.*il hasriae* brought
* 4 , h C ’ /,n , 9 ./ » i litlonel particulars.
u * , 1 ■ k ,.' * . Union «.iled from Sod’hsmpton
. n t c 9th iu.-lur.t, tor New York, with ninety
[ “t, "a ’.ice arr Wed »t Halifax at 8 o'clock ye»-
!nr>!» (Thnr.wtav) morning.
.. , , ~»0t .sip J ihn, from l’lymonth, bound
to (j-.'.'.'e* Ml wrecked and a number of live*
*ov £ A' An is the Cei Me a.—The latest official
„ iT, o- :r.m Be»a.tt3f.ol me to May 10. On that
,t ,y m the iDorninfr, the Raiwiaiis made a sortie
with a iarirc body ot troops on the allies’ right ad
v.:,ce tr-red, bat were driven back immediately,
eti l a ru end and s.m.lar -ttempt shared the aame
f Nothii e oon d be better man the oocdoct
0 { the u rops who took part in theafi.ir. The loee
of the et: my was t-erions.
<ren. Mirmora hae arrived with 4,000 Sardinian
troops. , . ~
A correspondent writing from the camp. April
27 eaplains the d fit;uHies of the siege, hot states
eo’.fi iently that tho AH.es’ advance over the
... ~, i . by * t, and that while the works eo ad
va e there can be no doabt of ultimate succe-B,
,r . i !e i the th- Btiesisns in the held are anabtr
l'j i .roe e allies to ra ne the siege, tiau. Cauro
•i t:.at wuen reinforcements *r
, r, ; 0 w 1 eu ago the cite eot his operations,
milV rig that he will attack the Russian Held po
I•o il On the*B not April,Canrobert writes to
• - t ej|. r~r that liie K iglish army has recovered
it-"’i ea'.'t" and eliijiehcy, and is on cordial terms
to N*v »l OPi.R'T.-..va rv the Nobth.—' The English
ti .. • w iking up toward (Gothland as ice per
m j l . ' H that franca asks permission to e-tab
iisb a hr ti 'h Campon Swedish territory sno il
refit- id, 11 nnarsuud will be occupied aud forliflad,
by -{ ieifi-inps left Eagland.on the lO.h to block
jp/ip. tho Vt into 8 3a.
T'io to'-; >-xiu% i-t from London Standard: “A
very eitrsordmary cireamsUnce, reported from s
o'l liter winch precludes any douht as to the truth
A t,e statement, readies us by ietasm from tit.
j.„ :>urgh. I appears that a hoe American
Irig. ■: bunt ship recently arrived at a port in the
* wa* s'fed that Hie vessel bail on board
6I>I • ales ooUoii, h i the correspondent of our in
t,i man'- v i e.) the ship and found in addition to
the a ove .he rad on - • : J n*» *nd 5,000 re
volvers. The Buss,ana laugh »t or cruisers and
na! iraiiy ask if John Mult ht» baen asleep
low so vaiuab.e a prise to have escaped. i.oe
• M t; —, Mere i«nu ••« Boeton, where
B oo» ,iimi.ee soppo«,sJ to fc»»e wetmi a» •oper
cargoes. W« have o* been able lo.aseettain if ne
vaioi left America this seaeou and has par
way through ihe ice before oor flying . e ”
coiil 1 c -me up w th her, or if she reached one of
the lows- ports of the Baltic lust year and lay qui
c. till Spring. We say no more than: ‘W’halsro
our C'rnsul- in the United B ates about to have
per mil’, d such a cargo to leave without spprisii g
mir Government here <d the factf’ Other letters
from .it. I’ot.srsbrrg state that the vessel has
•once left for Km .iio-berg in balls t.”
I'lrhoMaTlo 1 .TELLJOE.VCE.—It is said that the
a i r a.l l'rua- an Ca miote arc. attempiing to
iff e 1 a general era- rd among the Gorman slate.
k! m..r“ of " J.m-'fli .Slj/urnuls have been invited
f ''rpc o d.sMrr?enUof"he Vienna Conference, the
,xf n'l'iit! ninety puKon, ero partly ropub
i ~ tho K fcrli»b noHMpttpuns Atid have excit
“ has ova lei answering the
. wh thcrihe conferences are or arc not
!{ ,■ broken off—hut it is re-narked that as the
ere I ’• i roprewentalivceoi ail the powers, hutt
,... m Udcd, continue to reside in Vienna, ihe ele
is of 111 ! Ojnfnrenoe permanently eiisi, should
K , • ill or Austria on behalf of Burs e, make atony
i,. . pr p isais , fforit g a prospect of a settlement.
■ (Jus ion note, in the form of a circular, ad
‘ to the German sUtes, Boys that the Czrr,
r/i lie'on Cmooutinuancaof the policy hitherto
, ,I |, v niem, will adhere to the solution giv
in at the inferences to thetwo iiist poinlof guar-
The Vienna correspondent of tho London Times
remarks it,at so long as no revolutionary elements
t.ro brousfl»» i*‘<o uC’i *n t will lewvo au*Bia
to K-st out »>f h«*r rl moultifiH hh Hhe befct cun, but if
Kriielmid »»ifi F unco nhould resolve to, form a corps
of refugees and employ them on ( r near her Iron
t ern, inc liol) aihaiico would iirttturedly agaiu be
* The ktifflish prcf*» admits that hopes of peace
fi.ivM li •? and that no as iHtoncecm bo ospectef.
ir Au ' iri.'ttnd butlitt'e frofn she rest of Larope;
■-cfrionilv t * ,R * France an<i nd muht
*pi lM V u >»n Times publiabe»* an ailicle
-. g those views. I’he Times has also an
, I ni lon b ball of the government, stutirig Urn
~ , |c toot ruse the official documents ot
l"i .. V,«•••'.# <■’ liters, -es without seeing that Russia
... ~ ver learnest in her pretended desire tor
s me however, think differently, and
~ ,'; r . [bo Housi of Lor s, has .iven notice
of n r..olion for the gist inst., that an address bo
0,1 t , the ti'icen, deploring lho failure of
.-m and stating a , the opinion of parliament
,' -bo pro post is , f Russia wore such as to at
. I r.-r prospect ot concluding a peace, by
i! »||" original olj-cts of the war might
* ,l: ' l and by which tho allies might
mivc. > ftrivatiti.ffOH which can bo
r a- .m, 'y'.ioumnded trom Russia. Milner «tb
made a S.milar motion m the House ot Com-
Ti'Mt Buitaw All the documents in regard
,nV,‘ A- "r'ln ConVorencoe fad boon laid be.ore
Vn' 1’ >rl. 1 uotit it was statoi that Lord Dun
.MV prononal to blow up Uio lortinca
l b. U submitted to dm -ci-.it Bu commit
too, including Misers. Furdoy, l’.ayiuir and Ura-
return of articles from the New York Ex
Doeui.m was refined to, and mention was made
that the Krone.', Government in re ponstblo lor
articles sent to the Paris Expoeitior
/ i, or debate ensued ou a mot >n asking for a
HO , L „„ , mimiti nt > inquire into' is practicability
. \>• Itrilisb and lud mi armies. The
‘"t' "*M mans. M.^U^bwTr
V .1. Tne «. ">l >»•••■ b Vie’# «ii-ter
» is * tempera f postponed his m>
ti*'i *»t inquiry h to the tuauagomenl ol th« wuiy
“&,kse., .m: • —".u- Mr
. Ij , .1 iriilini iiUtO OfcCU
ux?t ',!»!*■•'» H*n ! ■' ,M * Abo.deoii and Dj Kj>os wore
err. .1 to gi»e evidcueo.
Tim movement in Inver of an administration re
form gain* ground, and indignation meetings
airimsi uristoore ic management continue to bo
hold Lord J'a'merston is siid to be becoming us.
niipopu ar as lil predecessor (Lord Abcrdaou)
W 't'mo 1.08 lon Times, in an e'Moriul which lies
nttrutod • o)im notice, f»>» tliai »»»• oirotimstancas
tha’ Am 'riea noo* n I s>mp»ltiiaa i?‘Hl Ihe Allies
is shoehißjraad revolting.
An n- 1 ! erneti meoling wee hold at London Pt
English *e. it ribiitors to coueidor how they may
ir-t hack the'j contributions lroui the Now Voik
Exhibition. .
An iuceudiary ore, eet by a discharged work
mail, . s* royed to ally ono ol the floating batteries
juat re ly to launoh in the Thames.
The teen gtwe n stale bull <>u tho k.h. The
U. m. fiutii-tor, Secretary ol' Legation, and Mr.
Lane wuto present.
The ■tl i> .lohn whiclt Bailed ront i lymotUh w.n
B*7 oni'iira • t >r Utlob as, oneo tilloro 1 a licavy galo
from the n rlheaat to tho westward of Edyatona
light, and tho vrrael getting closer in toward the
land Man tha captain aw.is ware of *u making
Black Head hnadlaud, she ran on a dangerous reet
called ltie Marao'es, by which her bottom was
atove in causing her t > sink witbiii a ye.y short
distance from the const. The bulk of tlio passen
gers were swept off by tbo sea, a ,d I*o were lost.
Ninety three clang I t the rigging and by great ex
ertions on tbs part of the coast guard men wore
paved. Among thorn wove several females and
Capt. Uaw -s. A coroner's jury had investigated
the case and returuorl a verdict ol ms sluugliter
ngaii st Captain Kuwlcs who woe in custody.
A i slhauai. Ihe Champion ol ih.o B‘s arrived
at 1, VI pool from M iboarne, sth February, jaewa
onimpoiliHit. Go d quotoJ JJi 15s #d.
i'uANOK —It is slid in .1 grave difference of opin
ion In. vu t*k ti place b tw.en tha Emperor and
the lute K'reign Miuiaor in regard to the manner
a i e 'alter acquitted his itutie- as i'lenipo
ten iary at V,e.""-«*-l‘ is ** 1 “>at the Emperor
ox ros’sed his disapproval of tho Jiapomlion
which the roprosoiilai»' ,ua at the \ iet ns Confer
ones muni I" - i d lo accept »"« dishonorable and
delusive t.-rms of p.s e ir-."' «»»»i “’> J ~“'
deni ,s Lie L’Huy s’too great coua lenoeiu the good
thl(!) Oi A'lSlTiH. . « —jlfVi
The K uperor has been everywhere frN ewa^‘ ia
enthusiastic plaudit* by hie subjects since v.-’«
tempt to u-.>a >iu»to him.
jPitiv'ri’s tfjnl was proceeding. Tho Judge reta
sod to admit adv spectators into tho Court. The
trial was being coodnated very qnietiy, with the
v e», ns was s ippused, of preventing any interrs'
ben g 'aken in the prisoner, and to discourage
similar lifuro attempts being ma le to gam uoto
n-iv. Tne a y-used had given no reason for the
Od etc,Ml' that hi' tV. ' y bad .been mined by the
*'r„,.o!i inv isi m of lhi ori, who attempted V
assas-iuaie tho Emperor Napo.eon, had been coil
demoed to death. , . .
Mr. Drotivtt do I’Ruys, tho French Mtuister of
\V»r ha ■ re-a gt ed from at' nnwt I ttgncss to pro
tract't ho w .--. and i onnt Wale »»ki, tbo F etich
E Mdit" i!■ r a* Loudon* hu boon appointed bis
succrasoi. l'tie si.itiv iofM. de l’Hnys’s resigna
tion I- probably befteg known tJ himself than to
the newspaiors. . , . . . ,
M d- I’ers.guy is appO-nted Ambassador to
Ena and in room of Coaui W'.v!ewaki, who eua
ce-ds M. Ifrouyn de I’Hnya as Miiv.s’or of Foreign
Atlai-s. Fuiitn r ehaDgi s are rnn orocs—nam.iy
that M. Btllaulf, Miflater of In-erior, »'••> •»«-
omd Admiral Hamclin. who rot rea fr m
M nia' r\ Marino. M. B usher, Miuis'er ol
pMt \V.«tk. will MMUted M. B» Unit, and M. do
K 'h. tno'i I. I rector ol the Orleans railway, wnl
r tcoeed M. B metier. ... ,
\ ■ W loan ol 7iHt.tHXi.ooo francs is at present
under ens lerat.on by the Conned of State.
The p ee -sv tl e. have dt-c-ve-ed a vast pic*,
with rami-icstn '• s throughout E trope, to promo'*
, irrcc O, ; and he net Pianori's execution wid
n., w'pined to t-»'*> his connection therewith.
~h , 'sv the a tempt was made, it was freely
s »te! in ..,-10 ISC.nos in Italy, Spain and Gar
many that NapO ; <» u was dead and i’arisiu iusur
' Kt»«a.—Kass'ian sOnreos themselves send con
hrmat . n to the resort ;hat c era has been au in
► arrtx't .nr in ttio L'kta.ne, a'hd that Poland is very
restles-.
b . i'v.ers'wrgh advices to MaV 1 mention tho
exu-.n-da r v 1 at Cien-iait ot .several Ameri
,-au shirs, ai d ca coa-ofhamp and icon were sent
ti ereto me t tie . and i ws. hoped titoy would
ne p rm t . 1 ■ d -charge a d load, s.lbo gh con
s ferod doubtful, as the blockade la strictly uoti
fied.
ArsTttiA A rnmor that front Euol has given
i i hi- re- gnatiou is not cotiS-tnel.
0 U 't K-iorhaxy, the Ausitiau embassador, hae
re'nrned fro-n Vicuna lo Berlin.
I -s K*id *.b»t A:>irm isouvbe point of dftclar
\ * her tw r ,|i oto neutmlny, ft* well that of the
v. bole of Germany. ... . ,
The rr»in growirg districts on the banka of the
river oovenng twelve bnndred a^oere
tniieft, fefve been iutiudeteHn conseqieoce cf a
-, im the river, awd ibecrop? ar< my>»t probably
. kt - —Re 1 r»# v a had been superseded
■«* !wr V '»® r by Mahomet Tush*.
'p f , r and j alocsiea are said to be de
j*v far the eaecatio’ 1 ° r he wheme ° f • TurkL'h
.^mtiegev-, C coma"anu>i by English officers of the
Indian army.
July .-Mount Vesuvius » man active sute o!
em« uou. r .. ,
It ,-spoitel .'-at the Kit of Naples was
SreJ «■ b\ an as-s- sm st s r v CW, bot the shot
v«%fs found out, upon in ’airy, to hav ** be n noth
■’ g • n:> lc i oi.'a- discbarge from the
cno of a »oidi r. _
M’ais -I ireC reso- the 2ud inst., veuor
Aveciho tm k ocvtw* m to decUr© .n the name
the deraocra »c per y ’ hat it bad nev* r entered intC i
any t *» t“iwn M. S u!e fortbe vof Cuba.
F m t'- li 'to 1> iAft A iwt *r, of Saturday
\44ti cast by tfce Aiurrioi.
The t* *h;» Am r;c* from Liverpool 12th (
iOHi.. au.i Ufc’i.m Sulb, arr t v©«i at thie port at 9
©’cl ok Knt. fveumi, puWuig ua in cf j
oar o*n S >•> of for* i7U papers, from wh ch we ,
lava <w i tiled the toll owing summary of the in
t in full telegraphic dea- |
pat" :> ii- ' - * X-
Uir r orders a. s r* \ that the electric j
Us ucw al work irvm bevaalopoi lo Lou-
don. Coder the dark and foggy Eurme, the wjre
runs from Balaklava to the hold headland es Ka
akriß, which in jn*t out into the *ea about 14
mi'w norlhewt of Vmrnj. From thi* point, it ie
carried ni ng the *hoei»* to the morta-n«»ry about 6
ile* from the town, and thence it i* bnried un
dergroand to the t*ta*ion near the houae ot the
linußh consul. It is as yet unc«»rts;n how far the
ti«e of the aobmarihe wire will be giauted to indiv
vidnala. Thit* depends entirely on the English
government, who haso laid down this part of the
J ce ai d has its en'ire T”»ere are at
rresent four telegraph stations bet ween Varnaand
Paris, the.-e will be to three by the junc
tion of Ka-ttchak and G: rgevo, when there is rea
son to bslieve that intelligence from the Crimea
will be communicated in two hours to the cabinets
ofPari.Hand London.
The government has shown some d*spo®ition to
put the public in on of pome ot their des
i*ft*ch s reoe ved t y teirgreph. The following is
from the London Mormog Chrou:c?e of 1 he ititejt
Lord Panmnre presents bis complimeDte to the
/ditor of the Morning Cbronic'e, and has grea.
pleasure in transmitting the enclosed intelligence,
which baa this day reac _ed him from Lord Rag
lan,
War Department,
Sevastopol, May 10.—TheBusbiana made a aortie
with a Inrgo body of troops on our right advanoed
trench this morning, bat were driven baefe imme
diately. A second and airniiar attempt shared the
Mi L r i() tate. Noihing could be belter than the con
duct of th troops who to’k partin the affuir. —
The cf the enemy wa** serious.
O r her Ideapatchea from the seat of war are as
follows: —
Bevatt pol May 6, 1855, fe P. u.
The enemy ts- .ai.ei the advanced trench of
our ht‘ack, last night, but wore repulsed
promptly. Oar lou waa—three killed and twen
ty wounded.
Rag lax.
Befor * Sitaiiopcl, April 24.—Nothing material
ban occurred since 1 m-de my report to your lord
ship on the 21 et inst. The liiseian rifle pit iu-me
dibtdiy in fr-nt of that which was taken on the
n ght of the l&.b, wasde troyed by a party of vol
unteers on the morning of the 21st iot*t. The-e
were headed by Lieutenant and Adjutant Walker,
of the 8 »tk regiment, who ibstated to be an excel
lent oflicer, and o have conducted himself on the
occasion i i tho mo t spirit -d manner. The pit
was found to be empty, and being useless, was im
mediately levelled and tilled in. The enemy «did
not interrupt tho work. I enclose the iis* of
casualties which 1 regret to say is heavy. The
nearer we approach tho plac?, the more loss is to
be apprehended ; hitherto it has bef*n less than
might have bsen expected.—l have,
Raglan.
A despatch has been received at St. Peteraburg,
from Pr Gorlscnakofl, dated Sevastopol, the* i
j instant, which the announcement which
j has alrea > been made of the advantage* obtained
j by tb< a *1 army on the 2i inst. I* however
j states thet ’e damage inflicted by the fire of tFe
• b bed force* had b*iea eflactually repaired daring
! toe nig hi. .
The P ris independenoeapesks of a new pisn o
I* v pMgn n the Crimea, already mentioned by
! * ... Ajyn iodrnala. it Is said that the a 1 lies,
; vinr the t rmj cf reserve (now am . *.g in the
will uke thii he d in the <1 rcetion of Sunieropol,
and »it ck th” Rns.-'iafi army in that neighborhood.
If Huc-e- ful they will ihen a junction with
Om' r Pacha, and by means ot a stroi g force post
ed at Perekop, make themselves masters of the
Crimea. Th“y will then invest Sevastopol and
blockade the garrison into submission.
The ol May 9, publi I e*tho following:
Gen. Caurobert, in a letter addressed to the Em
peror, dated April 2S, thus expresses h mselr:
f lt is with plea-are that I announce to your ma*
j jsty, that ttie E glish army, always so solid, has
b come as tine and Healthy as it was in the flrst
days of its arrival in the ' am. It is receiving rein
forcomerit* in i fiu ry, dn' cavalry, and in means
of transport 1 continue to Live on the most cor
dial terms with Lord Raglan, and the two armies
continue to bo closely united, and count one upon
the oiher.
The examination bes re Mr. Roebuck’s commit
tee continued. L rd Hardirge, commander-in*
chief ot the li r itish army at homo, nd Admiral
Dundaa, were among the distiugui Led witnesses.
Sidney He'bert, tlie secretary at war in Lord
Aberdeen B cabinet, was examined < n the 9th, and
was qaeßiioned by Mr. L*yard to the following ef
fect:—
You are acquainted with what the Duke of Wel
lington did, when in the Peninsula,dor supplying
his army with an department?
Yes. The Duke of Wellington put himself in
communication with Aunrica and other countries,
lor the purpose ot supplying his army with every
thing it wanted? Ye->. Now, wus it not the duty
of L >rd Uaglun io do the same ? No; tho circurn
stances of Lord Raglan were 1 liferent to those cf
the Lake ot We.liugton ; tho uk hudhsurmies
colli ced around him, bui Lor Uaglun’s army was
spread over a laigu district o< c nlry, aud.all that
lie could do was to send fort rlrcjto place for
reports, and of course upon those epbrts he acted,
though they were erroneous. 'L'ho loiter you sent
out oundemned all the departments, the medical,
tho comm ssariat, and the transport ? Yes; but it
was written upon erroneous information. Was
not absolute authority given to Lord Raglan in
every department of tho army? Yes. Aud tho
cabinet reser.ed no control whatever ? No ; they
left evorythii gto the commander in chief. Then
it wa« the duty of Lord Raglan to have looked
into those hospital detects f Yss, and he did so,
recoivinginformation wfiic i satisfled him that no
change was required, but tho i .formation received
at homo was O' a contrary nature. Did you make
any recalls ? Yes ; Dr. Menz es was recallod.
The demonstrations of public opinion against
the mioLlry in various parts cf r-ugland begin
to assume a ?ornowhat formidable aspect.
The He use of Commons was prevented from
transacting business on thg evening of Monday
und Tuesday, tho 7th and Blh, on account of the
illness of the speaker, but his health being restor
ed, busi iesi> resumed on Wednesday and con
tinued thrGogfi tho week.
In tho House oi Lords, Thursday, May lp Earl
Grey gavo notice that ou Monday, the 21st inst.,
ho should move an humble address to her majesty,
thanking her mtjjsty lor having laid before the
house, copies ot me protocols counocted with tho
Vienna conference, regretting that the attempts to
put on end, by the negotiations which there took
place, to tho war in which this country w.jj engag
ed, had failed ; and expressing the opinion of the
houftfl that tho proposals ot Russia wore such as to
afford lair prospers of concluding a peace by
which all tho legitimate objects ot tho war might
have been obtained. . .
I.ord EUenbrough baa also given notice cf bia
I 131. m move on the same evening au address,
w riio' rpvor rsei'iug sevor»kl other points, proposes
r i , Boqiudut :**?r Majesty that, while we aannt
mid lament the privatiouu to which war neae: j »ar!
OMS i., . ;«« C» »* , rt r«OpU| let vontor*.
j , Manure net V tr*at thoy would, in so.’,ns*
1 can**, f.»e/ir tinw privations without camp’ftint,
* if they could feet that lho war has been well con
dacte J; that me troops hud not beer exposed to
any i •:<’ nbieh eoulu aave been avoidod b>
and that everything had been done
lo* enable mom ioauh:©ve dec’sivd success, fium
bly to represent to her Majesty that her people
sufferii g privations on accouut of this wur have
had do such consolation; that, on the contrary,
wo cannot withhold from her Majesty tho avow«l
of onr conviction that tho oonduct of ihe war has
occasioned genorul dis--al'BfacUo , and giveu rise
to just comp'aints ; and that wo most humbly lay
before her Majesty our deliberate opinion that it
is only through the selection of men for public om
p’oyineut, without regard to anything but the
public s tv ice, that the country can hope to pro*»e
cutc lho wur s ccessfully, and to attain its only
legi iuiito object, a secure aud honorable pe;*ce. ’
In the Hou-o of Ccm • ons, on tho next evon
ing/(Friday) Mr. Miluer Gibson gavo notice, that
on the cariie«t possible day he should move au
humble address to her M j raty f>r having direct
ed papers relating to the V.enpa conference, to be
laid before the house, representing U> her M> jsaty
that tho four gonerul articles having been
upon by all»he lour powers coucoruod, a reasona
ble expoo aiiou was affordod that the recent uego
ti »lioi«s might have te minuted successfully, ex
pro-sing regret that a difference between thef.Uied
{>owers, as to the interpretation of tho third article,
tad caused tho negotiations to be broken oft, and
asserting that the interpretation of that point by
Russia contains the elements for renewed negotia
tions, and might be.found the basis of an honora
ble and satisfactory peace.
Mr. Layard said that it was not his intention to
move his resolutions on the stale of the nation on
Monday next.
The Arciiu Expedition.— will gratify our read
ers to leuru that the Enterprise, discovery ship,
Cant. Collin son, arrived in safety at Bpitnei.d at 9
o’clock on Sunday night, tho 6 h, after her lear.ul
and unavailing search for the lamented ts;r John
Franklin and hi.-' gallant comrades. »t is said that
no less than fV ur «ft\oers of tho Enterprise, Com
mander Fhare, L out nant Parke, Lieutenant Ja
go, and the master, Mr. Bheudes, are under arre t,
hill on what charge has no; been promulgated, nor
will it be until it reaches the authorities at the
admiralty.
A evenueand Expenditure. —On Saturday, 6th, a
return was issaed of the expected 1 et ar.d gross
revenue, and the estimated expenditure, exefn iing
and including the cost of colleoiiou. The "et rev
enue wus £86,688,000, and th gr>f» .C 6? )1.
The expetiaiuire was £,*6 689, ! ‘(H), exo udiug the
cost of collection, and £81,024 951 including the
Bam o.
The T’m» of the 12th says:—“The mating in
the city ot London ou Saturday last, is cue of the
uxogp important events which have happened in
th s eoeWry tor y ars. The speakers wore a.I m*n
of businesa* who had left thtir disks and their
counting houses io pbcdien et j an imperative ne
sessity- For they Yea ' hat without a sweepn g
change in the mauagomoui ce j :blic dutie>; with
ont the itiirodnct'on of a sound and healthy sys
tern into thetxu.tive Government, the far of
British empire would speedily set to rise no: ore.
In thia demand f r adm nistrat ve reform, t 3 na
tion, through its leng hat d breo,j h, syu ’hi
ses, end it only requires tho g cat intere»i o: 3m-
and manufactures to buckle on their ; * cor
und support tho demaud of the London merchants,
to insure the victory. It will boa desperatestrug
gle, but it cannot be protracted if the people are
true to themselves.”
Twenty-six battalions of Find ! auder« nave been '
organized at Hclsinfors, by order of the Cz-ir.
Cbw Con. in Uiob Liyt. — i>v !'. .:n»i
we buc me particulars of a latlicr lively cramatic
affair which transpire.! n an arl.e.coratic uiausioo
ot the Second DiMriet a few d-> - since. A young
j/e'.fiemau, not .two years uurntd, it a*ems,
• houg*' l 1° much ot his wife—a gay, huudaome
creature, Jeir-ent in n. th ng except the mauage
meat ot t r piano—that ho unreduced to her a
musician, a friend otiii', musici talent and
geutlemsuly deportmeut were well ca.ca ated to
uibk- an impression upon a not over-prudeut lady
like the oue hi question. The musical genlteman
ha-i the house at uii times, ct which ho
availed himsef without stint—teaching his iair
pupil the beauties ot his art with the enthusuL-m oi
au amate ir rather than that ot the mercenary
teacher. For a time ail weut smooth—the husband,
witeaud teacher constituting a sort of happy lams
iV. Fioaily, it struck the huda-J, that whi.e the
teacher grew nure assidioaa in his duties, the ;ady
ma 16 no progress in her music. The serpent s >e
picion raised us bea-’, and the husband bega 1 to
see an Anseimo in himself ani a Lothario io the
teacher. He kept mam, however, as long as he
could, determining to have a tangible tor
his jealousy before he expressed b', return
i g Home the other day at eleven o'clock, when
he knew that he was Lot expected beioro din
ner, when ho stole up to his red chamber—on the
j >*ay he met his wile, vainly endeavoring to hide
I an ?uu*qal confusion—and iu the chamber fouui
the h&£, coat and boots 01 the teacher, but no sign
of the teacher hie-self. The unlucky husband was
satiafied He went to a neighboring
store, purchased a eowtudv snd returning to his
faithless spouse, gave her a terrible fl.igcl a
t‘on # afeer vrhic u? packed cp his dsds and lef:
the city in disgust for his plantation, au*&*w£3re
up the river. And that is k'l we have heard about
it or wish U> kea',— 3" O QvscsnL
Ax Axsos te or Calvin —The late Albert
Gaiiatin, president of th-- Historical S>cie*j, re
lated the following anecdote to the Hon. Galian
C. Verplaock, from whom we get it: t&everai years
ago, a number of Calvin** letters were found
among the archives of Geneva, soma of which, re
Ir.titig to hi* domestic tffair?, exhibit a curious
picture of the daily life of this great Presbyter,
and illustrate strikingly his pecuar habits and
temper. Iu a scolding letter to the sydics, or
mag *’ ates of Geneva, be complains that they
have filed his eel ar with wine of poor qaa'ity.
“ 1 do not keep open hors-e,’’ he says, “ nor do I
entertain many g» « s*e at n.y table, and therefore
the q lantity you have sent me displeases me, as
we i«s the qualify. 1 wish, therefore, yon would
t*>e it away, a> d replace it with something that I
can ; I do > ot a ant nr’ch, merely enough
tor iny own use and that of my tarn'dy ; a te# b*r
r ques ot about forty g-Mona each) *av
or five, w.'l be sntfieiout to* u.e ohd a yuir
ttr .•***
We are afraid the Prysterians of tbis century
have been tremerd'.?* backsliders. When shall
we see such men as Loti. aT and Calvin.
F. W.Crighaox vaaaneoieo i,. Nashville, Tenn.,
last week, on the charge ot having committed for
genca W the amount ol f
California Saw*-B* the George Law. ;
New York, May 24.—The George Law connect- i
ed with the Goideu Gate, which reports seeing !
the Bono-a going into Ban Francisco. The news
ia generally unimportant. ,
The Walksr expedition to Central America oad !
not sailed, but preparations were making for an
five claims held by Joee Y. Linentour under aa
alleged Mexican title for more than one handled
thousand square Bcrcs °t ,aQ<i iu the it
was euppoid ihat under the decision in these
coffee the timilar ciaim of L nentour to five tho
oai-d acre* within the city limits of San Francisco
would aliMj be r* j Kited.
New disco of gold at Santa Isabal, San
Diego co., have been announced.
Dub 5 * from the Sa .dwich Islands to the 16th of
April have been received. L Swan, of the firm ot
Swan & Ciiftord, had been detected in circulating
844,00 d worth of forged whalers’ bills. It wa.-
buppesed that his total operations in this way
woald reach 810 *,OOO. Roth partners absconded
befoae the developments were made.
An important bill reducing the Poet duties, had
parsed the California Legislature.
Saji Francboo, May Ist. — Trade has considera
bly improved in the amount of goods so! i. Pri
ees continued very low. Large exports of flour and
grain are being made for Australia. The clipper
ahip Charmer in taking in a cargo of California
wneat, purchased at 75 cents per bushel, for Nesw
York. 9
The mines are turning out well, but coin is very
scarce. One of the local assay offices had issued
oew $5 f - ingots, resembling S2O 0. 8. pieces.
St Louis, May 24. —The Santa Fa mui arrived
at ladependence on Monday. Col. V. Vraiu, with
three o.mpaniesf in pursuit of the Utahs, tell ir.
wi'h a party of Apaches and killed six men and
took fi x wcmeD prisoners. Troop 3 had been ds-<
spatched to the junction of Red river, to intercept
the meering of the Indians at that point.
Col. Miller ha 3 gone to the White Mountains, af
ter a band of the tribe.
Major Dunseberry died at Santa Fo on the Ist
of April. . , _
The mail party report meeting but few Indians.
The grass was poor and water scarce ou the Plains,
there having been a great drought.
The following synopsis of events for the past
week we take from the Alta C alifornia of May 1;
We have no remarkable charges to chronicle
either in the political or general off airs ot Cali for
nia. Five days of nearly incessant rain have
giveu now life to the mining operations in the in
terior, while its effects upon the agricultural aec
tions of our State have been marked and beneficial.
We have advices from Mexico up to Murphy6th,
the schooner Simeon Draper havi; .g*arriviug a
this p;Ort on the 17th inst. Numerous grunt* and
decrees making important colice-sions to foreign
ers, are pub ished in the Mex u»Q p apers.
The aixih California Logical ur<* has agreed to
adj •urn to day, after a session of 12*» days, during
which lime numerous benefle r1 ai d highly u
lar Jaws have been enacted. Among these none
prohibiting gambling throughout "the Scat*, nnder
the most stringent principles. Gambling hocaee
are a: fast wbe and a- ractioe which hi*
gone funner toward derror-. zeg Ca!* on ia
home, and in the of tne world, bids i t ’
perEnapentiy erud oHted from the land. Vigorous
attempts, both by infiddffe* and monej”, have bieu
made io procure me repeal or inou.ficatiou vi thi-
Uw, but to no purpose.
Another bill for tho construction of a wegon road
from Sacramento to Carbon Valley has also i>ue-ed
both branches of the Logislaiure. The ill which
passed toe Senate, exculpating Meigg*, the default;
er, p>rovided lie should make his appearance in
California within one year, and expose hia con
federates in villainy, did not become a law. On
the whole, the present Legislature has given more
satisfacdon than any preceeJing one.
Tho Kuow Nothings are to bo represented by
an organ in Kan Francisco, entitled the Citizen;
the prospectus has been published, aud the paper
will shortly be issued.
The question of the division of California into
three Congressional Districts, was agitated at tho
close ot tho session, but no definite re.-ult was ob
tamed in relation to the matter. This will doubt
loss be u leadisg question in the next L gislature.
It is now nearly certain that ail ot the famous
Limanlour Claims are not va’id, and will not be
allowed by the Board of Land Commissioners.
The schooner Sea Serpent, Capt. Fisk, which
•-ailed from this port op tho 18th ot February,
( eventy one days since,) is supposed to have
f unbered at sue, in a heavy gule cff this coast.
She had sixteen passengers on beard and a valua
ble cargo, ouudtobau Diego. Smco her depar
tur on the above date, she has not been heard
from.
The now postage law gives general dissatisfac.
tfbn in Ca ifornia. Its provisions are looked upon
as oppressive, and designedly so upon onr c t’Z srs
Ten cents tor a letter between New York aud 8 n
Francisco is out of ali proportion, and an unjust
burthen upon us. It is believed that this law will
not long remain in torce.
A bill has been intronuced into tho Senate to
discourage the emigration to thia {State of persons
incapable to become cit zjns thereof. A substi
tute of this bill imposes a tine of 850 on each pas
senger of tho Mongolian race.
Our accounts lrom the mines are more than ever
flittering and encouraging. The recent rains have
glaidenod the heart of the miner and s nt rejoic
iug throughout the State. Seme damage was done
in various portion* ot tlie interior by the suddeu
rising of the Stanislaus river—our Sonora corres
pondent assuring us that thecr°< ks in thatrscction
havo not bee» high since tho great freshets 6f
1852. The d mage done in this manner, however,
is in no prop (ion t > the immense benefits confer
red upon th; ntire 8 ate by those timely rains.
Wo buve tes from Humboldt Bay to the 14th.
The nawsfr n that qnarter is unimportant. So mo
now golddi iings sro reported to havo been dis
covered,.an agricultural aftu rs were flourishing.
The weather bus been unusually cold. Tho great
Union Wharf, eleven thomaud feet long, was
noarly completed. The Humboldt Lumbar Com
pany had suspended business for some weeks
past.
The Sacramento \ ley Railroad is rapidly pro
gressing. The gro d tits been broken along tho
outirelino, aud it w aid seem that this magnificent
enterprise is fasti roaebiug to asuccessful issue.
Its influonco upon e tho internal trado of Caiitor
nia can hardly ye» e imagined.
Vi:ry valuable i 1 mines have been discovered
in Lower Calilort.u, iusido the Gulf, and nearly
opposite Guay mas. Speculators are already turn
ing thoir attention thither.
Marzinilla, a snug litilo seaport on the coast of
Department of Xdisco, bus beou thrown open by
treaty to the steamers of tho Nicaragua Company.
This port thus becomes tho stopping nlaco t«>r tho
i steamer* of that line on the p«— p liom Juan
del Bad Itis&Md tobeiieaUhy, easy of access
and affording a variety aud abundance ofde'it.ious
i »uU*. It is three hundred miles nearer to Bau
Francisco than Acapulco, aud will doubtless be
; come the scene ot Yankee industry ere I<w,
Vow gold placers, in tho vicini’y of Siookton,
ar * reaUDg aon» excitement. Mr. Kendal!, a
] printer, hud taken out* goodly f ile thero in a tow
j W eokr, aii j a company who tcok of bis
j olgjiu after he left, made four tnousand dollars in
the short space ot throe week*.
A bill has pasae 1 tho Assembly prohibiting the
Chinese from holding or working chums in tho
mines.
Commercial ArrAiits —Tho departure of the
steaiuc# to morrow morning coupl- d with the non
arnval or tlio Bonora, ]gith a week’s later intelli
gores from the East, bus considerably retarded
business from tho first hands to-day aud the
amount oi transaction ou tho part of the nn ortors,
has conscqae&tly boon limited. Tho jobbers,
however, havo enjoyed active trad •, and * tho
freights lor the Interior have been heavy.
The demaud for money to dry is not so groat as
it was supposed ii would have boon, considering
tho character of the trade done during the past
week, and we have noticed no extraordinary shin
ning—a Bure ind*cstion that the country i* paying
up pretty well. In fact., tho interior merchants
should be able to fulfil their engagements at present
without difficulty considering tho tact that a larger
amount of dust rests in tho hands ot the minors
at preson* Ui££ tit any time during tho past two or
throe \e»r».
With the heavy product of tUo miaca at prer-erd,
there should be no scarcity of gold here, and thei*o
c&i be no doubt that—much as is absorbed by
parties wno and who wre engaged in outside
speculatiouH—the aaijqnt of bullion iu the oomi
try at present is larger tuan it ever was before,
and should be b r ought into circulation.
The Mint, it is stated, will resume operation*
to morrow. Should such prove to be the case, it
will ot course prove a subject of sincere corgratu
iation among all business parties i but, at th© bame
time, wo oaunot conceal our &t iho whole
course ot the government regarding the coinage
ot gold in California. It is not generally known,
but is nevertheless the fact, that the principal p 1
vute assay offleo in tho country effects over fifty
per cent, more toward tho supply of coin to the
oouutry tuan the United Slates Mint does. The
highest point reached bjr the Mint has been about
$1,600,UU0 per month in com*
Tho essay office has, for w- eks at a time, toanufac
tured from SOO,OOO to SBO,OOO ner diem/ livery
banker in the State will acknowl dge that but for
*he assay office tho fiuanc at crisis iu this Stato
would have been prolonged for weeks and weeks.
To it the holders of bullion had to look for coin,
ami but for It fian Francisco might at this moment
have been bankrupt. The Miut here shou db 3of
a capacity to coin $5,000,000 per month. The
Phi Idelphia establishment should bo broken up;
the New York Assay Office should be changed in
to a Branch Mint; but the great government man
ufactory should be locitod in San F ran^,?iCo «
iba shipment to morrow will not probably fall
short of $1,250,000in bullion, although at the
present moment it i& difficuki to determine how
great it actually willb9. The treasure,
it should be borne in miud, by no ujeins r pre
sents tno amount of exchange drawn on tho East,
or the money remitted. Toe bankers always pre
ter remitting paper, ae long they are a suro ioi
iu. value; inasmuch as by bo doing they save
bo’h freight and insurance.
Thus g .voruutiuT drafts, cert : ficate9 cf dopes t
in New York, Eastern bauk checks, die., aro
eagerly Bought after here at a preajiuin ot 1 to 2
g'r cent., but tho remittance of them does not »p
p*>ar, except Oil the books cf the parties interested.
We are informed by Messrs. Lucas, Turner & Co.,
that, by to morrow’s steam* r , they forward over
slo«‘,'>boof su.h prpar, and we doubt not that the
ether bauxent siso remit large amounts in tnesame
manner. .
I'nitld States Senator. —Ths California press
aro oisputod to iaugh at Sonatoi ttwic’s pretension
that he hae been re elected to the United
Senate by a plurality vote.
Extensive Frauds. —Within the past few data,
says the Polynesian of April 14’h, con side ra trio
excitement has been produced in Honolulu by the
discovery that a large amount oi forged whaler’s
bills had been disposed of by Mr. L Swan v ot the
lirrn ot Swat? <fc Clifford, ship chanalers of Honolu
lu, one of which has come baei protested. Imme
diate'y upon this being known, everybody who
had brought such bills of Swan Clifford been me
alarmed., and a meeting was called to look into
the matter. At the meeting and subsequently, it
has come out that some $44,000 ot this lor god pa
per has been sold here by Ewan, and there may be
more ye; not discovered. Bom the members of
the firm had i*tt the Islands previous W these de
velopments, Mr. Clifford in the b?U L'verett, on a
trading voyage to Japan, Ac., and Mr. Swan m
the bark George, ostensibly on a whaling voyage,
but with a general outfit tor trading.
Tne parties who fa*ya been duped by these
frauds, offer a reward of $4,"00 for the recovery
or $25,000 from the absconding part.es, or a like
per cent, for a less or a grerter amount.
This is the first fraud of so ex ensive a nature
that has been practiced successfully at these is
lands, and wag do doubt suggested by the facility
with which Meigga perpetrated a like fraud in fcsn
Francisco lately! and got eff for the time being
with impunity. But both, we tope, wihos arrested,
aud puuiehtd to the utmost rigor of the laws they
have vioiat'd. , ~
In the case of Swan A Clifford,, the losses .ah
upon a Ih’go number ot per.-ons, who lo?e from
$2.000 to $7,000 each, and in some eases it fa i>
w: r h great severity. We trust it will not raiuoo*l>
er Ukrtuss any <k the parties, but that they wi»
weather tnp *torm which a consummate knave has
rai-e«i aroui d
Sandwich Islahd.— The Legislature was opened
oa the i;7.h or April.—The noase of Kerr#»sei\ta
tives w»s c’ganizei by the election c-f ihe Hon. G.
M. Eoberstoc, a* Speaker, U. B. Gulick, Clerk; H.
S. Swinton, Sergeant at Arms ; Eev. E. W. Ciuik,
Chaplain: Mr. W. Chamb>erli9ii mss cbc6en E
grot*. ngiC ark. and Lor ng Andrews, Jr., a
tor, wnen th# 1 Gcu.se adje urnedtotte stone church
to hear tht Ring’s spfc.=VJh.
The King ** speech occupies two columns of the
P<. lyneeian. It contains noahnsiooto “aunexa'ion.”
He says:—‘‘J htve committed an important mis
sion to tne Honorable Wi iiarn L. Lee, Chancellor
of the K'ngdom and Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, and have accredited him Envoy Ex
traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, from
which mi.-«iou i anticipate important resu'ts lor
the b oeflts ot you an, urhich will be made known
lo you hereafter. In tie mean while, I recommend
you to vo.e *noh a sum aa, id your wiadom you
may He©in adequate for the expanse of that mis
sion
Fire.— A fire occurred at the Factory, in this
place, on Saturday mornirg iaat, which destroyed
eight of the hoaxes occupied by the operatives be
fore its coarse was arrested,^ —M&imtn Vinter*
Modular Irffert of l.tghtntnf—A Htnn <««iro>t d
by » tire Ball.
Th'j Port Inin! Advw. leer *ives an account of
the MtiirnUr iilect of which occnrred on
Monday evei/m*, 14 h iusL, at *ix o’clock, at the
hou-o of Cap*. David Upton, of Gre-xt Chehcaque
T laud Mt ire. 'lhe bu- wa» struck by lighthmg
nrf: st the btorm A neighbor who wat* lookirg at
I the house at t! e time 1 , perceived a ball ot fire, ap
| paren ly a foot in d: meter, with a trail thirty
I y. rds long, descend upon the chimney, and inime
j di&tely bf'er a volume of smoke began to ascend
I >v if .he bouse on fire, hastening to the house
I ii was found u wreck, but not on fire,
j 'Ahe Advertiser fe*}s:
1 “The lamiiy, of six persons, were at supper, and
j their escape with their lives is a miracle. Old
! Mrs. Upton’s right arm is cat to the bone, above
i t le; ,w. and she is otherwise badly bruised.
Her gr:: .. ight r, Marietta H&maltcn, six years,
j oid, i' >o bruised a* to bu purple from the hips to
j to the t :, t snd is in a precarious condition. David
1 Upton, Jr., i** badly bruised about the head aud
ii.ee. His cLiid, in bis arms, was unhurt; ai>o his
wife, standing near, and old Mr. Upton, likewise
unhurt.
“But thecff'ctsoftbe lightning about the premi
ses r.re astonishing. Old Mr. Upton was eating a
boa ot bread and milk, with one hand upon the
ng the spoon—the bowl was
brekeu in hi-* hand, aLd the spoon has not been
t mud. Old Mrs. Upton had a cup of tea in her
j hand, and when she came to her»elt she part-
I ty under the table, with a piece of the cap in her
hand, and her."oil covered wita the wreck of
the chimney, among *hich was a piece of trm
b from the fro t of the fire place, eight feet
long, wiLh a flat bar otiron of the same length at
tached.
• >• Tne gren-daughter was thrown from her seat
Jat t e table to near the fireplace, and was liters
iy covered with brick" and mortar. Nearly every
I article of crockery in the house, two clocks, three
1: >k.ng glasses, and two old fashioned oak tables
in the kronen were smashed. The chair in which
oi*i Mrs. Upton was sitting was broken into twen
ty-! ght puke.-—**t any rate, that number of pieces
oi , zlj it were found; every chair in the kitch
en was broken. Every partition in the house
w„ removed from its position, and or less
s.ia'Lered.
“lb ; fiaid seems to have gone through the bot
t m ot a cooking stove, silt ug in the kitchen fire-
P uce, leaving a hole as it made by a shot four iti
e oin diameter, taking off one leg ot the stove
then entering the cellar through the floor, leaving
a bo;e i«.rge •. nough :or an ordinary a.zed man to
- t ,Tne kitchen is on the north side of the
h use, an l ftf>*i the sill on this side a portion h*s
iy.cn carried Ilf one lot in iqpgth, leaving an ap
as tfie^action of powder. The
s: ; of trie ! on the south side and east end
wore shuddered s r .hrowi. underp mi g, 1
sc tui4 Hie side and end hung -wibpcnded from the
roo f .
“The arch in tb ■ cellar, making the foundation
of the chimney, which is of stone masonry , two
feet thick, w.-.s reni asunder in four different pia
ces. xfio fluid soems to have passed off through
the north* ad and southeast corne’s of the ce lar
wail; tho w.l, built of «<v us, two feet w,Je by
d«»' mi'-iiiry, being sevefM m
. > places fr :n ‘op to bottom, the line of separa
;i »u be • -«ght and well defined. Here the
st s-es are blackened as it by powder.
ho n • ! •>' molasses, two »oap
barrels ai;u one keg w .recut ttf, a stone ja: sit
ting ou a board *;verone of these barrels, was
severed horizontally, and the bottom part un
in vj J, the top being carried off.
••Every window sa-h in the house is completely
demoh.-dted, excepting one in the west chamber. —
li re tr.ore i ; a square of glass, with a space out out
i»h it by the point ot u diamond, just the size of a
brick—two ticl.es by e ; ght—showing that a brick
i ad been pr• j .c od through it ‘quick is lighteuii'g.’
Five door - <n itic lower purl of the house were shat
tered to peices.
“Most ot the materials proji ted from the house
were in a uortheily direoiiou—pieces of glass and
mortar being found uixiy feet distant. Between
the housb and barn are u dezen apple trees—one
large tree near the house was untouched, but two
otheis, bo mu six rods distant, were shattered. A
large, tight trunk, ti led with fine clothing, &c.,
wa* found locked aud apparently uninjured out
ward ly, yel, on bMpg opened, the soot from the
Cb i.*m-y lay half an inch thick over the contents,
un i Hilled th.ough iu every direction. Ten pans
of milk on a shell iu the cellar wore urn armed,
)(.i soni j empty pans, one within the oilier, on the
same sh: If, were broken up. The fliid pussod
out through eight different places in the body of
the housed be.' dos those already described. More
of the < If .cis might be given, yet enough is told to
•h *w hi w complete was the destruction.
Muttra. Stephens and Cobb, and the Know
Motiiiuga.
The reader cannot have failed to notice several
articles which we have published within the last
so a < ays, from different portions cf the State, re
viewing the lute letter of the Hon. Alexander H.
S eph-->ns against tne American party. We observo
wjJ, pleasure the toue of respect, and the f oodom
from personal i veettve, which characterise
oommunii abous, and trust that the set
by ti e writers who h *vq alrondy occupied our coi
u will be iuiiaied by others who may take part
in toe discussion, whether for or against the new
party.
Wo would ex:tosh tho hope in this conneotion,
that tho American party will wage no war against
l:ir. Stephens, nor oppose his re election to Con
gross. Ne ther Georgia nor the South can afford
to I o tho ervices (f such a man, at such a time.
It requires no oid ary sagacity to f»resee the
manifold dangers now preparing lor the Union and
the South, cto appreciate the necessity ot briug
;g nit. :ho public service all the intellect, and
ud courage, at our command. ‘Tis
i rue Mr. Btopheun hasdelt the party a heavy blow ;
but lot g ; f he parly is as strong as it is
represented to bo, it would requiroseveral such
blows ro fell it to the ground. Besides, a* between
hinise f and the party, there is reason to believe,
his letter has damagi d the writer'more than ihooe
at whom it was aimed.
Be tfi a us it may, tho party would inflict a much
greater ij ju r y on itself than Mr. Stephens has
done, by preventing his return to Congress espe
cia iy if d should BOud soru: sec >nd rule man in his
p ace. It is this vt-ry mistake—the election cf in
lerio- inen, —that his dimned the party in New
England; aud the same cause will produce the
bum siffct in Georgia, uuiess the oommon sense
wliich s o gouerully characterises the party, shall
rule tho hour, instead of folly and passion.
Mr. bti phens “has done the State some service.*
Ho s a uia ’ of groat abilities, and his patriotism
and devotion to theSuu h cannot be questioned.—
lud- od no member oi Congres , from the South,
’ccupios so cormnunding a positional he does; uor
nave w ; a champion so welt situated as he,
pie with the difficulties now looming up in the
distance, and to protoct and defend ns. Iho par
ty, Here lore winch prevents the r**iorn of suifii
a man to (' i gres**, at so critical a period, lakes
m>ou it. el; a fearful responsibility.
fha i:.o reader may not pnspecl us of being in
fluenced by old Wbig aUftOhrmn:n , w ! -lre torx-
O. v v/l .hI.Co .j. iliu weiiafd, uuv ui O u*
j?iu uionc, nor of the South, but of the whole
Uiiioi:, irnperativly requires tho return of these
men to Congress. Indeed, wo have never known
a period when it e country was threatened with
greater dangers than it is ut this time. The wild
and rampant h naticlsm of the North, the civil war
in Kansu.-, and the qnestiofi of the admission ot
slave Std'es into the Union, will lead to an agita
t oil at no di lant day, the liao of which has nev
tr boon wdnossadin this country. Let southern
‘men thi n boar* aud forbear. Lot them put their
ablest and wises, man at tho holm, and if the noble
i Id ship oi s ate must fco down, then they can not
reproach lbem>el es with her Lbs.— JSav. Hep-
The <'aj*tcu!S ox Shanghai by-the Imperialists—
A El' OliT c.jene, &.—A letter dated Shaagbai,
j? h >!. ii'»oa th« JolKiwiug additional pirticuiare
of Urn capline ot tljat oity by thelmperialists:
the gi at agony is over. After a siege of eigh
teen mouths the city is at length in the hands of
the Imperialists. The event happened in this
ease: ihe city having toon strictly blockaded
bv.Lh"e French and imperialists, supplies of pro
-i O DB ami munitions completely failed the insur
in'!.! and ;K t only they, but tho poor inhabitants
01 the city were reduced to tho last' extremities ;
,j.,g.. eat ’ v ratio and more repulsive o l j .eta were
devoured. Thera was, no doubt, a formidable
consptri cy organ xed tor th r ir relief, and for otter
. ~. -v, s- din my letter by the Formosa,
liut'i.s- rnca urea of tee linperialiate and
0 f fartigii-ar, who sire 'ipprehensive of the results
to tli msclvi s, prob i'ily preverfed an outbreak,
ni d tlio insurgents, thus deprived of alt hops irpm
without, were forced to burst tne bondsthat en
cumber them. At about half past eleven, on the
night or the I'fth, Raines suddenly burst forth from
twenty different rants of tho city at once, and soon
the whole town was wrapt in blaxa andsmoke. The
scene was tenifl '; with the exception of a siisnt
, f, mskotry in the west, howev r, which last
od but a tew moments, all w s still as death, und
n 'thing cm .1 ha h -ar.i bn' the roaring of 1 10
Annex and the crashing cf tiles and falling ruins.
Atdayoiuakt.be imperialists cautiously climber!
the walls, and ventured jtssithily along as mice
creeping from the.r ho es, hio one appealed, how
ever' to oppose them;t he insurgents had fled from
tho cit\; Lew and Aling, with the main body, had
lake;: “ westerly direct on. Many sma.l, detach
ed panic-, however, became lost in th - dark, and
fell into the hai cL or the imperalists. The fate of
the ma : n body still rema'Ds uncertain, though it is
raiorted they have scattered and been captured.—
[f such . not already the case it is likely to be tbpir
lato. Many sick an t wounded were left in this city
and of course soon disposed of. The conflagra
;i rag --1 -r about eighteen hours, and the whole
city is laid in ashes.
1 went into ll c city yesterday, and made a cir
cuit ot the walls. On every side was seen nothing
i...; ruin, d istrr.ction and hlocd. (Jronps of beads
: lestoovrd the walls. At the
sates especially, hundreds were hanging on po'es,
or rolling alx-ut the ground, while, at intervals,
large baskets full were lying. The ace no from
the wall VI- painful in tho cx’reme—within, a
mass o! smoking ruins; without, hovoo and des
truction—the once extensive suburbs all destroy
ed. The country around, too, presents a gloomy
appearance—all the trees have been cut down by
the soldiery for fuel, und p«-?ry thing looks bar
ren a id desolate. The sight mace are fee! melan
chclly for the remainder of the day.
Americans in Difficulty at Bobkos Atbes. —A
fr-n-ii Am -'i a-i diffi.u. y in the port ol Buenos
\yro- is re; orted, a statement being published iu
the British Packet, signed by the masters of ten
Bri n and American vessels, and dated March
lu n, in which they sty; “On Wednesday, the7th
ot t- s month, Capr. J. Lincoln, of the American
hark >’ itia, Capt. F. L : ncoln, of the Gipsy, and
- jj , of tic American ship Geneva, came
down ou the Ooseii, previous to going out tor an
afiern a r’da. Tliey remained tor a few minutes
a a door of the store b» longTg to Messrs. Hall
A: Gatlin, ship chan dors, No. 41 Oalle Julio; from
there they proceeded to Messrs. Rivers & Co., No.
8S Oalie Julio, never quitting their horses’ backs,
there they leraaiue t a few minc'-as in converts
tier, and then, tu-niug their torses’ heads, pro
cefd'ei! to rotna: their steps. Wethensaw the
officer on guard at ti e guard house walk back to
the sentry, speak to him, and return to the guard
house. At that moment Capt. J. Lincoln came
pas - , t e horse walk tig very quietly. The soldier
P'cseu - d bis bayonet, cried out ' Vtspada and
ran the bayonet into the lett breast ot the Captain,
and oaiy by a mere casualty is t that wo have not
to lament tho death of an este nied triend and
companion.” The soldier’s version of the affair is
■ captain’s were drunk,-end Capt. L’n
cbn and the rest infringed a police regulation by
galloping at a rabrgfisoe past the guard bouse.—
Both ot these charges the parties aecused deny.
Taking a Clsbgyman - at bis Wcbd — A certain
pr-u «rot L'u.v. r, a . sm had been preaching in a
ecu rv school-house for several successive Sab
ba'hs toc t.ii'ce the peep'e there was do hell. At
iel nit ws- ant: cm need that at his next meet! i g
a collection w uld be taken for hia benefit. The
day arrive i. and the collection was taken up in a
~a » W : ike ‘'deacon” bad passed through the
: 'rt .o' r> n und given all an opportunity to eon «
trihhtef he r- lurnea to
tied the contents of the hat npo.- **■ re ? s -e '
the preacher. And such a “collection.
cappers, with old buttons, pieces of tin, broken
st i orse nails, and a'rnost every other
worthless thi• a that a man could carry to church
in his rocket! The preacher wea thunderstruck;
bat reooyei hia sell in a moment,
and*jrasnna' -i; • -, i the “cofiection” before him, ex
claimed, “Wed, 1 am not so certain whether there
is a hell or no-, but I am pertain ihere ought to be
oDe for such as veu are; 2 ’ and ukirg his
►'at let t the house.— Oolurrlu Souih Carolinian ,
May la.
Eos. A. H.Stehhess —ln Georgia, Mr. Stephens
declines a wtr’g noai nation, becose he »a\s, there
is to party for him to fitfht under, and beirg an
r agonistic to Know Nothings, he wi.l surely he
beaten. Mr. St phene is judicious, bat he caxj if
ford to wait. Men wno don't temporise on tne
ocean of party strife, bat bow their head to the
billows, and take the wasbiuga calmly ,until-the
101 l comes and the fi:. sunlight of the*r prosperity
breaks forth—these men are not ephemeral in
their services or their tame* —A- ¥• Sunday Timet,
From the -V.w Bedford Sta/rter*, Mj.j/ 1».
bale Kuh.ry ot >.uluck«t.
Tha follo«i”R f.cU iu relation to the whaling
bua'Ue.- Nantucket ba.e been eammuo caud
to as be a gentlenian who toae collected them with
orreat plte and diflicuity .
? Tne woa’.e dsbery originaled in Nantucket id
the ve&r 16V ', and waa carried on by boata from
theahore In 171 S, 6 eloopaof SS tons bnrthen
obtained aboa' <hw barrels of oil and 11,00 j Ids.
of b,.. i 0 i73o t 'if fail, from 28 ’o 60 tons, took
• boot 1 8 700 barrels, vu ned at £7 per ton. In
, 74 s ; f ro m 60 t 075 tons, took 11,250 barrels,
va aed
obvatnecl 10,500 barrels. Inis year 10 sail were
•aken bv fie French and plundered.
FrnTr y i7"*2 to 1775, 150 sail from 90 to 180 tens
took an„n ~:y upon the coast of Wainea, Brt zil aud
♦ho wilt indie- 3»,000 barrete, which sold in the
, *‘,.ke’at £l4 sterling. 2,200 seamen
,bi ß 'ime employed in the Nantocket
whale fi-hf rv, and 220 m the trade between thitf
„Ja r iidon. The war of the revolution
DeV’v destroyed the business of the place, as will
be ssL in 1733.19 vessels only sailed from
Kanrncket, »ndin 1785, 17. Daring the war 15
vesaeTs were loet at sea, and 184 were captured by
lt lntw?r y t'v veers from this time we find the oitl
sensif Nsr/ncket importing 7,488 bbls. of sperm
and 4f< 9 bbls- of whale oil. lhe business in
_ ,i iq t l when the impor s amounted to
SuTo d spVrm aud 8,677 Sf whale oil. The
war of 18 intervened, and more than one
Ml otlheVantncket whaling fleet w»s captured.
Tbs cit.ztms ot Nantucket owned, at the com
mtnSmec- oi tte war, 48 ships, only 13 of which
w*re°fiu?d lor whaling in 1815. The fl* which
in i«iT returned w: h more wha>e oil than
sperm. ln TU "ports in 1506, 1807 and 1808 show
the same rcsoL: otherwite there has a wa>s been
kq excess of sperm imported, lor the last 50 years
We sod that 44 ships hav? been lost or con
demned iu lor ign ports, in the prosecution ot the
whaling basineua from Nantucket since 1815.
A list of t* e number ot ships which sailed for
the Pi-c tic OJv*an, sperm whaling, trom 1315 to
1543 inclusive, with tte aggregale of iheirreiurn
cargoes <fe>, is annexed. Tne average toon ge
in 1815 was 257; average length cfvpyage
months— troui 1821 to 1525, 82 months, lhe s.zj
of the shir? employed had also increased. In
1549 onlv 6 ships sailed lor Pacific Ocean whaling,
’*hiie 18 suite i tor California; in 1850, 12 for the
Pacific wha’ing and 8 for California; n 1851, 15
for Pacific whaling; in 1852, 10 tor Pacific whaling.
Arrival ot tiie Isabel.
The steamship ieaoet touched off the bar about
6 O’clock last evening, bringing Havana and Key
West dates to the 25 h inst. The Meumora, which
i ,-sh tbo taa el, arrived at her
iiere at half | a»t night,—-LH) late to have tc j
Havana mail uis'iibulied.
All was qait i on the Is'and when the Isabel left. 1
A tew cases ot Yeiiow Eevei have been reported, j
but qo alarm was felt. ;
Within the pant few days, what is caiied the j
Cuba esutrated at Key Weat;- via .
the Jamestown, t
‘j'ul ten. tn) whoip. under command of Commodore I
McCauley. At she time the Isabel left, the James j
town was the oniy. vessel of the sq-iadron in port, i
c ~ k, svsßggone to Havana on a craise.— j
I >wr.t w« daily expecting ordere to sail
for the coast of Africa, to take the place of the
Constitution. The last named vessel bad arrive!
off Key West from Africa. Having spokoh a ves
sel at sea which informed her that there was pro
bability of trouble in the Gulf, she bore away to
Ko> West. Commodore Mayo of the Constitution
having communitAtt-d with Commodore Crabbe of
lhe Jamestown, and finding no urgent necessity
for his presence, After taking on board the sick of
the latter, proceeded on his way home.
The triguie l’oiomac, bearing the broad pennant
of Commodore iS»auldiDg, was daily expected at
Key West. *
The ship Ellen Hood, from Apalachicola for Liv
erpool. with 8.&0U bales cotton, wont ashore off
Cape Florida, the 17ih inst. When the Isabel left,
she had beeu got off by tho wreckers, having been
lightened of about 1,200 bales, and was being la
kon into K*y West.
The mother of Senator Mallory, of Florida, had
died at Key 'West.
The Know Nothings had been defeated at an
election ot Justices of the Peace, in Key West.
Having deliver- d the mails lor Savannah to the
steamer Moiamora. tho Isabel proceeded on to
Charleston.— JCepublicm , of Wednesday.
Mlniile of Point*.
Decided by the Supreme Court of Georgia at Mil -
CedgtviUe. May Term , 1855.
Roberts vs. Waixor—from Jasper.—l. A., the
guardian of B , a minor, was elected Ordinary of
Monroe county, and tho letters of guardianship
thereby abated. 8., the mi uor, afterwards, while
living in Jh* per county, made a will and died in
Jasper county. H*ld that the Ordinary of Jasper
county had jurisdiction as to the probate ot the
will.
L' fton A Reese for Pl’-ff.—O. C. Gibson Deft.
Hamilton vs. Reese, Adrn’r.—from Wilkes.—l.
A. contracts to pay “whatever sum may appear to
be due and payublo by the estate of B, —the com
mittee of C., u lunatic—the amount to be deter
mined by un exnmi nation of the records ot the
re urns of tho °aid committee.” Held t iat in cal
culating inUrest upon the balance found to be due
by the coqmittee, running or simple interest
only should be allowed, without rnukiug any rests,
there boing no evidence of fraud or conversion.
T. E. R. 3obb for Pl’tlF.—W. Reese & Toombs
for Defendant.
Wills vs, Wills—from Baldwin.—l. If the
charge of th) Court is authorized by any view of
the teMimory, it is not hypothetical, aud a new
trial will not be granted on that ground.
Konon fer Pi’tff.—Campbell «fc McKinley for
Deft.
J. Ilall Vd. S. Hall—from Hancock.—l. A will
may be set up, although the subscribing witnesses
may give Iboir opiLiou adverse to the testamenta
ry capacity of the testator —nor is it error in the
Court to toll the jury that th so witnesses may bo
mistaken, or m«y swear falsely, or may believe
that more capncity is necessary than the law re
quires. 2. Tho term, "credible in the
{Statute of Frauds, moans witnesses who are en
titled to their o: th in a Court of Justice, and who
M ay, or may not, bo believed, according to their
character and evil. 3. Attesting in the presence of
Testator , req v res the mental as well as the c(>rporeal
presonco of tne Testator. But it must be shown
ailirma’ively, utter proving corporeal presence, that
there was an absence ot mental attention on ‘he
part of the Tustutor, in order to declare against
tho will.
B. M. J ! jston <ss Kenan tor Pi’tff.—L. Ste
phens for Defendant.
Li d ,!y », al vs. Hunter ct al—from E bert. —1.
An insotvo it dobter tiles a schedule in the Clerk’s
office, and hie attorney then took the schedule to
his office and kept it there until Co ;rt—no appli
cation was made for the schedule. Held, that this
whs a proper filing under Iho Btatute. 2. A
schedule stating that “ he had nothing except the
allowed him by the insolvent debtor’s
oath.” Ho- i, Both^cuU
.) i ; . j.*£oui»s ur Defendant.
—Southerr Recorder.
Departmental Xewa.
Land Sd'es. —Qiautiry of Land sold at the sov
eral land offices in Missouri since the passsjre of
the graduation act, from Ist of October, 1854, to
81st March, 1855:
Land Offices. Land Sold. Money rec’d.
St. Louis acres. .586,4- 6 89 *96,790 67
Palmyra 262 277 12 78,107 28
Fayette 2 2,788 84 64 870.74
Jackson -.293,6?6 86 70,196 41
Platt aba rg 4 272 26 84,598 02
Clinton 228 933 50 158,055 85
Milan 93,567.17 11,192.74
Springfield 100,470 92 99.890 26
Total T,880,163.06 $608,696.82
Quantity ot land sold in the whole State Irom
the Ist of August to the Ist of October, 1854, and
amount received in payment, is as follows : Land
sold. 414 717.24 ICO acies j amohut received, $85,-
243 39.
Total amount of land sold from August 1, 1854,
(or since the pas-age of the gradnation act of Au
gust 4, 16'4 ) to March 31, 1855, is as follows:
so'd 2,295,080.80 lOOacros: amount receivec
$093,940.81.
Mii.lerite Fanatic —A miserable couple of Mil
lerite's'mad£ their appearance in our streets on
Wednesday Vnorning ,Bst. The man and his wife
came oh in tho stdarnboat. from New Y ork, and
went into Bacon’s Hotel, but ofusel to take lodg
iugs ; both of them bail g under great apprehen
sions of being cil.ed for before morning, aud were
unwilling to grope their way oat of bed in a dark
room, merely iu uight dresses. They, therefore,
took their »eats on a trunk in the Hall, and awaited
all night expecting to go up at any moment. In
the morning they took their stations in front pt
the Hotel find stood there ail day, tho objects of
the speoiui attention from the boys aud of the gen
eral loalerism of the city. The man seemed to be
a little wild than his wife,but wore the appear
ance of anxiety—tho wife was as crazy as a coot,
apparently worn out by a sort of frenzied excite
ment.lhat had emaciated her almost to a skeleton.
Indeed, she had no s tasted food of any desorption
for four days, according to her own statement, and
her ttppear&ace gave good evidence of the
truth of tho assertion. They vere decently
dressed and had evidently been respecta
ble people. The look of these deluded be
ings Wore qnite enough to repress every feeling
but that-of p ; ty iu thoes who looked upon them,
thcugL strange looks and iDchoherent lan
guage, of course, CQuJd hardly lail of exciting
a certain fevity of language and conduct amoDg
the un'binking and unfeeling crowd that sur
rounded them. Taey disappeared the next day
and v. e tflve heard nothing from them since.—
But whe'her they wsat offhorigon l a ly or ver atical
|v, we certainly do not haow.” —JfttQ London
Chronicle .
An Intfhdict Removed Bishop Timon publishes
the following notice in tho Buffalo papers of Tues
day ;
Buffalo, May 18, 1655.—The pious, learned,
and zealous missionary, Father W'eniger, (wishing
to labor for tho salvation of aouls in the only Ger
man Church in this diocese, which has net yet
heard his noble and truly Christian eloquence,)
request me to withdraw the interdict from the
Church of Jit. a”d the excommunication
from the frnstees. I can refuse nothing to this
worthy priest of God ; consenting, therefore, to
his request, 1 hereby declare that the Interdict of
St. Louis Church is rumoveu ; and I aiso declare
that the excommunication of thß Trustees will
< ea*»e at* soon as the Triduan in St. Louie
Churoh shall begin. fJoHN, Bishop of Buflalo.
Relief For Friobson. —John Ericsson the inven
tor of the caloric engine, he expended all of his
wjiVo fortune in prosecuting his experiments,
and is low in d es itute circumstances. As his
poverty is the consequence of his exertions to
promo’e science and tobcneflt.mankind, it has been
proposed that a collection be taken up for his
(E-icsson’s) benefit, in every town and ward in
tne United States, on the 4‘h day of July next,
and in all the meetings lor makiDg arrangements
to ce!e~brate that day.
Wileesbarbe, Fa., May 26.—A fire which occur
red here this morning, deM.ro>ed the stores of
Messrs. Morgan, Fr drick <fe Wilson. Wm Loo
mit, J. Lewis, aud the law offices of G. B. Nichol
son; also, the Bedford Hotel, Kept by 8. H. Pe
terbaugh. and the dwellings of Messrs. Lord, But
ler, Dr. Boyd and others. Most of the properly is
injured, except Dr. Boyd's.
Hartford. May 24 —An important arrest was
mnae this evening at the depot, of two men char
ged with passing counterfeit meney at one of our
hotels and at the depot. We were also informed
that .n searching them there was four d a lot of
counterfeit bills on the Greenwich Bank of New
York, a set ol burgers’ tools, a loaded pistol, <fcc.
There are now safely lodged in jail.
Telegraphic —When it wa» first reported that
PrMurse bad succeeded in conveying intel
ligence between Baltimore and Washington,
through the wires of the Telegraph, one
old savant, who had been a schoolmaster and a
member of the Legisi tare, as his opinion
that the report was a l ‘hambag . In fact, bis
knowlege of “astronomy,” he said the thing could
not be done ! fencr ly after, O’Remy s men were
hattiag the poles directly by the old man s
a !,• (in* dav he j lined the crowd who were
dwelling. cfstre'chicg the wire, and
‘-nnght of the matter then,
Deing asked what he tL- •-** an air of impor
he fcesitsted a mcmint. a.^on „ while
tance, and then replied : « e "
in the Legislate gave the
attention, ana after some “■'j®* I'** 1 '** . -, sn .
tion, I have come to the conclusion fc - - ?
swer very well for email packages, tat will never
do lor large bondlea—never!
A redaction of house rents is said to have taken
place in Ne v-York citj. The first of May was
moving day, and in anticipation of it, tenant,
made demands for redueuon. Soma of tb. prep
e.ty owners consented, Wisely, and retained good
tenants. Others resisted, and, as » natural conse
quence, it appears that there are between two and
•three thousand houses SDd parts of hoas®* to rent,
the lofeitcts having found quarters in Brooklyn,
Jersey c'ny, and other places, or gone to boarding
or into a few rooms,
WEEKLY
<%mtick & Sentinel.
AUGUSTA. GEOKGIA^
WEDNESDAY MORNIHO. MAT 30. 1855.
Tbe Southern Cultivator.
The June number ot this deservedly popular
Agricultural journal has jest been issued, contain
ing a great variety of interesting matter in the sev
eral departments of Agriculture and Hortieultnre,
as will be seen by a glauce st the iollowing table
of ooutents:
Plantation Economy and Miscellany.— Arable
Laud W Uier; Man«gement ot Negroe..; Bee Keep
ing: Pod Bearing Vegetables ; Plowing m ume of
Drouth, Philosophical y oonsidered; Bots in Horses
—once more; Sandy Soil—Sheep Husbandry; Corn
Dodger; Three South Down Buck Lambs (.illus
trated) ; The Kanovation of Soil, <fcc ; Economy in
Feeding Horses and Mules; Burning Olay or Mad
—the Errmamentum; A word about Chimno>s;
Sea Island Pasturage—Tasks for Negroes, <fcc.;
Topping Cotton; Planting Sweet Potatoes on level
ground—Subsoiling; Tbe Wagon ; Sheep Bearing;
Economy in FeediugStook ; That Buck Eye, die.;
To cure Fistula in a Horse; Arthur’s Preserving
Cans and Jars; Rescue Grass, die.; W hat shall we
eat—high prices; Hollow Horn in Cattte; The
Showman Far er—Physicing Laud—An Elephant
Plowiuc; Depth of Soil—Us importance.
Editobial —Answers to Inquiries.—The Grow
Ing Crops.—''Rescue Grass''—Cure for Hydro
phobia, die., die.—Grouting, Mulching and A stor
ing.—Tte good time earning—death' blow to hard
times. —Georgia Cassimere Wool.—National Baby
Show.—Eating Horse Flesh.—Planters’and Farm
ers’Library.—Death ot a dis luguishod Agricul
turist. —Piaut and Sow —’tis net 100 late.
Horticultural Department. —Work tor tbe
Month; Tsmg Ma {ctiunaoie yi<jatta)\ Ph;salis
Ednlis; Fruits for the South—Peaches; Augusta
Fruit iu Charleston; Greens—aud Bacon ; uub
bardstou Nonsuch Apple, (illustrated); Red War
rior Apple.
Domestic Economy and Recipes. —Strawberries
and their preservation; Soap, White Load aud
Oil; French Rolls for Breaktast; Care for Hoven.
Illu trations. —Qaeeu Bee and Worker; Three
South Down Buck Lambs; The Hubbardston Ap
ple; Arthur’s Preserving Cana and Jars.
Published by W.S. Jones, Augusta, Goo., at
one dollar per year.
flbf. Stephen- at Home,
j The Hon. A. H. Stkpbens will addrass the
I citizens of Taliaferro county on MONDAY nex,
tne 4th day oi June, in Crawfotdville. The peo
j pie ot n.i parties are requested to attend. i
"tubernatertal Comentloa.
j We are gratified to perceive that our suggestion
! ot a Conveutiou of the constructors aud sup
: porters of tho Georgia Platform, and those op
posed to the present State and Federal Adminis
trations to nominate a candidate for Governor,
meets s favorable ret option from a portion ot tbe
press, aud the people from every section of tho
State from which we have heard. This is to us
truly gratifying, because it assures us, that the
time is rapidly approaching, and is indeed most
suspicious, ter the organization of a great National
Conservative Constitutional patty, upon the basis
ol the Georgia Platform—a parly that shall eschew
all isms except Conservatism and unite the true
men of the East, the West, tho North and the
Sonth, in a ccinmm, zealous and patriotic effort to
preserve the Constitution and perpotuate the
Union. This is what we have long desired; and
the necessity and importance of Bucb a National
organization, we have repeatodly endeavored to
impress upon the readers of this journal for the
last two or more years.
We repeat, the time is most auspicious for the
formation of such an organization, and the events
of every day admonish us that it is near at hand.
There is a general disruption of the old political
parties. The ties which bound the Whigs of tho
free and slave States as a party, have been sev
ered, and the national Democratic party ie rapidly
tending to dissolution from the same cause ; tbe
free soil tendency of the Northern wing. In such
a crisis, it is therefore the duty ot the conserva
tives of the South to rally, and by a union with
the true frhnds of the Constitution and Union
throughout the free States, form a great nationa;
party, which ahall control aud direct the destinies
of tho country.
But we have digressed. Our object was to in
troduce the following endorsement of the Guber
natorial Convention, which wo find in the Macon
Journal & Messenger:
We approve lhe suggestion of our contempora
ry, and commend it to the attention of all, wheth
er Whigs or Democrats, Union orSonthorn Rights
men, who are opposed to the present State and
National Administrations, and yet caunrt take
position with any existing political organization in
this State. A oouventiou such as the one propos
ed above, will give them position, and they may
possibly be enabled to construct a platform, and
to nominate a candidate npon whom all tbe ele
ments of opposition in this State can be rallied. It
is with thiß idea in view, that we approve of the
suggestion of the Chronicle & Sentinel. Many of
the intelligent conservative men of Georg’a have
been tnrown by recent political movements out
side of all political organizations. Opposed to the
Administration, and yet unwilling to i tentify
themselves with the American Party, they must
stand still and idly watch the progress of eveuts,
or take a position for themselves, where their
strength and influence may be felt in controlling
and directing them. It is altogether proper that
this class of men should meet iu convention and
define their position; and altogether possible that
this may be dono, without arraying them iu oppo
sition to the American Party in 'he
canvass. There soil tie ao abandonment or coin
pr Ui co oi principles in uniting with that. '!y to
affect the common objeots mi oh both have in
view.
The WronidL c <y ‘<,nel intimates if
for Mr. Jenkins, as tfie uinee of the
Convention. i. ■ w -.M bo the choice of
a larjre majority of the votoi f 6 o 'ia, for the
jffic ' ol Governor of the Sta i, if uUey could ao.
freti from party committals and party control and
cor iinly there is no msaiQ tfiiaboard Union more
...orving ot the coeflience ot his lellow citizens,
and of any dignity which they can bestow. But
Mr. Jenkins is altogether too good a man to be
made the leader of a forlorn hope, and if it is pro
posed to nomii'&to him as the candidate of a frag
m€7it of the Union, anti-Administration Party of
Georgia, we shall decline to aid in thus , leading
him to the slaughter. Mr. Jeukins is our first
choice for the office of Governor, bat if he cannot
bo nominated with the fa rest prospect ot trium
phant success, we prefei that he should notbenom
i lated, at all, but kept in reserve fora future occa
sion, and a higher office. We protest against the
i leu cf using him during the approoc dr g canvass,
as we used him in 1852, aud again in 1853, for the
benefit of his p*>rty and of his party friends. He
has led the forlorn hope long enough. When next
he is called upon to quit bis retirement, aud to
serve the public, let it be when the battle has been
fought and won, and we are able to decree him a
triumph.
If our impro9sio s are well founded, that the
time has arrived when men, rising superior to the
dictates of party, will throw off its shackles, and
in the true spirit of patriotism rally to the support
of the Conetitution and the UniOD, the objections
of the M&sstnger to placing Mr. Jenkins befoio
the people, are not well based. We, however,
only mentioned him in this connection, as our in
dividual preference, and because we thought ho
was the choice of the people, withont desiring or
designing to fo>estall the action of the convention
or people.
The Griffin Union also approves of the Conven
tion in the following language:
Gubernatorial Convention. —The Chronicle &
Sentinel suggests that the friends of the “Georgia
Platform,” and the opponen’a of tho present State
and National Administrations, hold a Contention
in Milledgevilie on Wednesday, the lsth day ol
July next, for the purpooe of nominating a Candi
da e for Governor. The editor thinks that a
large majority of the people of Georgia favor the
nomination ol Charles J. Jenkins. We hope the
suggestion of the Chronicle & Sentinel will be
acted upon, and that the people ot the various
coun'ies will adopt measures to secure an expres
sion of then wishes in the Convention.
kir. Stephen* a Candidate.
It affords us sincere pleasure to announce to the
voters of the Eighth Congressional District, that
the Hon. A. H. Stephens has, after mature de
liberation, determined to become a Candidate for
re-election to Congress, and so announced himself
in a speech in this oity on Monday evening.
Ho arrived in the city Monday morning and had
the following hand-bill extensively circulated
through the day :
Hon. Alexander H. Stephens wi 1 address his
fallow citizen* ot Augusta, without distinction of
Party, this evening at 8 o'clock, in the City Hall,
in response to the calls that have bean made upon
him to be a Candidate again for Congress.
Whigs and Democrats, Union Men and Plre-
Eaters,"Know Nothings and Anti-Know Nothings,
“Insiders” aDd “Outsiders, *' NativeaDd Adopted
Cit'zans, Catholics and Protestants, are invited, o.ie
and all, to attend.
Monday, 28th May, 1855.
Tha result was, that before the hour, the City
Hall was filled to ita utmost capacity with a dense
mass of citiaens, of all classes and parties, anxious
to hear what he had to say, and who greeted him
most cordially on his arrival.
He had but just entered upon his speech, when
it was suggested to him that a large portion of the
audience could not enter the Hall, and desired that
he should speak from tho steps on the outside, to
which he readily assented, and thither the audi
ence and orator immediately repaired, when he
resumed and finished his speech by moonlight.
As we oould not make any notes, we will not
attempt from memory any sketch of his remarks,
other than to state that he opened by announcing
himself a candidate for re-election, entered at once
into a discussion of the principles of the Know
Nothings, reiterated the positions of his letter to
Col. Thomas, of Elbert, answered, in his progress,
objections which had beeL urged to that letter
thronga the press, and appealed to the members
of the order, as Southern meD, Georgians, and
Americans, to abandon the order; because of
those objectionable features, the proscription of
foreigners and Catholics, the free-soiliam of the
Northern wing of the party, and the tendency to
evil in consequence of its secrecy. He spoke for
more than an hour, was listened to throughou l
with the most respectful attention, and was fre
quently interrupted by burets of applause from
his auditors.
When he had concluded, the Hon. R. Toombs ,
who had reached the city that afternoon on his
way to Europe with hiß family, and was present,
was loudly called for. He responded to the call in
a brief and forcible speech, in which he stated his
objections to the order. They were based upon
its secrt cy, tne proscription of Catholics and Fo
reigners, and theFreesoil tendencies of the North
ern wing; all of which were discussed in his usual
forcible style though very briefly. He too was fre
quently interrupted by the plaudits of the audi
ence.
Col. T- W.Th'Mas, of Elbert, who had armed
in the city that day from Milledgevile, was also
present, and was calbd tip. He, however, declined
making a speech at that hour, when the audience
had already heard two speeches on the same side;
and the multitede quietly dispersed.
A apodal polioeman h» boon »PP oi °t« d ln
Bocheotor, N. Y., to look after truant dnldren, at
. r -i ..j ot hundred dollars.
Tbs Atiatits Republican—Mr. Mephens. i
’1 HE Atlanta Kepubliean. in a running commen- I
tar> npon the letter ol tho Hon. A. H. Btethens,
re Hes to his declaration that “the prinoiples ot
the Know Nothing party are kept secret except to
the initiated” thus:
“The principle- of the ‘Know Nothings’ have
been published to the world for months. Every
paper triend y to the order has printed them.
Many not friends have inserted them. Foi months
they have been the theme ot conversation iu Geor
gia, and of the bitterest vituperation and dennn
ciatior. In Virginia they have beeu proclaimed
from the house tops, and the gal ant Flournoy has
borne tbe standard ot Americanism with its prin
ciples emblazoned upon it, and his friends have
fearlessly proclaimed tbs ' principles , asms and
idyects' ot the party. Iu tho Representative cham
ber ot Congress—a stat in which the honorable
gentlemau has so Lo g occupied with equal honor
to himself and his State—during tne last session
of Congress, these ‘principles, aims and objects’
were eh qnently proclaimed and fearlessly advo
cated, and yet Mr. S. gravely informs us that he
really was ignorant of them. These have not been
‘kept seeret’ uor ‘held in the dark.’ ”
We are surprised at this assertioff of the Be
publican, as every intelligent reader understood
Mr. S. to refer to any authorised publication of
prinoiples by any competent or authorised body of
the party in convention or council, and not to the
declarations ot individuals or editors. Has suy
such suthorised proclamation of principles ever
beeu made i Let us examine. The facta will es
tablish the truth oi Mr. S.’s declaration, and con
sequently the error of the Republitan.
It is true that individuals have proclaimed what
they said were the principles of the party, and
journals devote! to the interests of the party, have
published a Platform, whieh they asserted were
the principles ol the Order, but who of the uninitia
ted can assert that these declarations are true, in
the absence ot any formal proclamation by any
single one of the regularly organized Connells of
the Order iu the United States? The “ American
Organ ” at Washington City, published what it
asserts is tbe platform of prinoiples, and the
Virginia Press published s different platform
for the Virgin a Organization. Tho “ Organ"
informed its readers that the Slavery question
was “ ignored" by the Order, while the New
England Councils ol the Order, proclaim hostility
to Slavery as one of their cardinal principles,
.l.oin, tho■■' Organ" deoiarvJ tho hoetili y
i Order 4o “ Ufmsuiem” as one of Us priuoinies,
i and the oxul'ision ’ • Roman Catholics trom metn
-1 bersLip; wide me New Orleans BulUtan, an ad
' vocste of the Order, is said to have asserted that
, Catholics aro not OAOluded in that State. If, thore
t ore, the principles of the party were well- fined
even seating thomsolves, this contrariety could no L
' possibly exist. It is apparent therefore, that the
I principles have not only not been accurately de ,
; fined and generally understood or approve t>y .he '
Order, but thst no formal publication of them has
ever been made to tbe public. Hence tbe correct
ness of Mr. Stephens’ declaration and tbo error of
the Republican’s.
Ou the slavery question, the members of the
order with whom we have conversed, admit folly
and freely, the diversity in the opinions of tbe
Now England and the Southorn wings of the or
der ; and assure us, thst the matter will be defi
nitely Bottled by the National Convention soon
; to assemble in Philadelphia. It is therefore
i clear, that upon this great, and to the South para
i mount question, their prii ciples are not yet de
i fined.
1 No State or County Council, in any section of
I the Union, has ever yet made a formal publication
> over the names of its officers, of its “ principles,
> aims or objeots.” This faot the Republican will
not gainsay or controvert.
j Again, the R*publican seeks to controvert the
j objections of Mr. Stephens to the secret organiza
tion and meetings of the Order, and attempts an
1 analogy between them and the Masons aud Odd
3 Fellows, and the secret meetings of Whigs and
- Democrats. Such an analogy is so absurd that it
j requires but a word to expose its fallacy, and place
3 it ontirely beneath criticism with every intelligent
3 and candid mind. The Masons and Odd Fel
lows are charitable, not political associations. The
3 proceedings of Whig aud Democratic conventions
3 and meetings ute made public, generally in a formal
! and authorized manner, and the members enter
3 into no pledges to keep them secret, that we have
ever heard. That individual members of the two
. parties may sometimes have informal private or Be
. cret meetings, in which they may discuss and de
-3 termine u pon a oortain line of policy to bo adopts Iby
t hemtel vi s for tbe interests of the party, is doubtless
true ; but their uction commits no one bat tho ac
- tors themselves, and the parfios at large are not
4 responsible for their action. There is, therefore,
j not the slightest analogy betwoou Buch secret
3 meetings and those regularly organized secret
■ meetings of the Know Nothing or American party,
| the action of which the party is pledged to adopt
aud carry out.
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3 To rtaatera In Georgia.
f Wi should fool gratitiod if some ouoor more in
-1 telligont planters in evory cotton growing county
3 in Georgia—aye, even in the Southern States,
/ would forward candid answers to the foilswing
t enquiries, to Neill Brothers & Co., New York.
’ Messrs. N. B. & Co. are extensively engaged in
. the cotton trade, and they desire this information
' in order to lay the facts before the oouutry for the
benefit of growers and dealers:
1. What proportion do von think the land plan
I ted with cotton this spring, boars to that ol last
year and the year previous iu your own neighbor
, hood ?
2. W hat is your opinion of tbo “stand” now ob
tained, aud tbe condition of tho new crop as com
pared with an avorage of reasons at tho aarns date ?
8. What proportion of the old crop of your dis
trict is still remaining in the country ?
U L. Mltckall—Tbo State ((sad.
We have seen a letter from Ohas. E. Grenville,
one of tho part ion who recovered from the State
1 Road in the recent arbitration in Tonnossco, sta
i ting that we wore in error, in ascribing to Wm L.
Mitchell, the late distinguished (1) Chief Engin
, eer, tho mismanagement, for which the State was
, made responsible to the tune of some thirty-five
t thousand dollars, and thut it occurred after he re
• tired from the office. Wo tuke pleasure in cor
recting onr error, the more so, as the late distin
■ guished ohiof had already sins enough to answer
1 for, in his miserable mismanagement of the road.
| Wo suppose the maladministration occurred nn
, der tho superintendence of Mr Wadley, and that
L especial favorite of Gov.’s Towns and Cobh, W. N.
’ Bishop. We should like to be informed on this
, point particularly.
By the way, while on the subject, we may men
i tiion that we have heard some whispers abonl dc
i talCations on the read at Dalton and Chattanooga,
1 for large Bums of money. Is there any truth in
the rumor? Can any body toil ? We should be
i pleased to have something authentic.
Congressional Nomination. —The Democratic
Convention of the Third Congressional dia‘»ict,
which met at Forsyth, has nominated J. M. Smith,
Esq., of Upson, as their candidate for Congress.
Wind, Rain and Hail. —About 10 o’clock last
(Wednesday) night we were visited with a severe
storm of wind and rain, with slight hail, accom
panied by a terrific display of lightning, which
lasted for an hour or more. The Charleston Cou
rier of this morning says :
About 10 o’clock last evening onr oity was visited
by a very heavy huil storm, accompanied with
considerable thunder-and lightning. It lasted
about halt an hoijr.
Between twelve and one o’clock this morning
another heavy storm of rain accompanied with
thunder and lightning, commenced, and bad not
ceased when we went to pre.-ts.
The Hurricane Last Night. —The Savannah
Republican of Thursday morning, says:—As we
closed our columns, after 12 o’c'ock last night, a
violent gale of wind from the northwest comrnen
ced—unhinging shutters, Wowing down trees, and
doing other damage within hearing of our office.—
So Bndden and violent wa3tho wind, that it broke
in one of the heavy doors of A. Bonaud’s grocery
establishment, at the corner of Bull and Bay-sts.,
forcing it from its fastenings, and wrenching the
shutters from one of the large windows of his
store.
Wo have reason to fear that much injury has
been sustained by the shipping in port, and can
not but i>e apprehensive of serious results to ves
sels aloDg the coast. Foitnnately, however, the
wind was off shore, and may have driven them
out to sea. At 1 o’clock this morning, the gTle
partially subsiding, a rain followed, and as we close
this paragraph, seems to have started afresh.
The one o’clock train on the Central Koad arri
ved safely at its usual time.
Mr. Stephens. —The “ Empire State,” published
in Griffin, concludes a br'of notice of the letter of
the Hon. A. H. Stephens thus:
“We heartily concur in the opinion of some of
our cotemporaries, that he should be returned to
Congress by the unanimous vote of every true
Southron of bis district. So mote it be.”
Imprisonment for Debt Abolished. —The Mas
sachusetts Legislature have passed a law abolish
ing imprisonment for debt. The Boston Chroni
de truly says “Whatever else that body may
have done, they have at least done one good thing,
let them have the credit of it.”
Unpleasant Rumob. —“Wo learn that a reverend
gentlemen, a resident of Columbus, Ga„ has lately
been guilty of conduct so eccentric, that it has re
salted in his hasty departure from the scene of hid
labors.”— Montg. Mail.
The Columbus Enquirer Bays: We cannot but
regret that our Montgomery cotemporary should
have given publicity to the above in advance ot
accurate ialorm&tion as to the true facts in the
case. A rumor of this kind, when included in
te-ma so general, is calculated to reflect upon the
ministerial charac'er of the entire body of our
Clergy—a result which w j cannot think was either
anticipated or desired by our cotempor&ry.
It givee us great pleasure to be able to state that
the rumor referred to is in all respects greatly
exaggerated, and in the most important particular
is without any foundation. It is true that a mis
understanding, purely of a domestic nature, pre
vailed for a short time between the Rector of the
Episcopal Church in this city and a portiQn of hie
congregation, but we are most happy to say that
the entire subject matter has been satisfactorily ad
justed and the previous cordial ielations restored.
As to the hasty departure alluded to, no such fact
transpired.
The Quebec Chronicle says that it ia in contem
plation by New York and Boston capitalists to ap
ply for a banking charter in Canada, under the
title of the “International Bank,” with the
view of giving banking facilitiee to the enormoo.
trade springing np on the shores of Lake Huron
and Superior. The capital to be asked for will be
£450,000 (*1,000,000) with power to increase it to
£500,000. The New Yorkers are famous for
furnishing “banking" 1 agilities tor their neigh
bors.
Democracy v«. Democracy,
The following strictures of the Richmond Ex- \
aminer upon the course of the Washington Union
are woli deserved and as well The reader
should not forget that the Examiner is a good de
mocratic organ, and is a competent wit
ness as to the vascillating, time serving, servile
course of the Union .
The fling at Forney, the bosom companion of
the President and his Cabiu6t, for his 44 Mrs,
Fobrest letter,” is quite pointed. The chivalry
of the Old Dominion cannot tolerate the contact
with the vile uudersti upper, and degraded too :
A Word About the Washington Union News
Paper —The jjurual is ariuily auu laboriously x
teuualiug the conduct of that official laud specula
tor, abolition emissary, and expo led ex Govo nor
—Keeder, late ol Kansas. It is lacurymo ely tell
ing the South wiiai.. stout Polk, Danas and t uss
man, what a fierce Fugitive Slave iuw ohampiou,
what a staunch anti YV umot Provisois. aud Kansas
Nebraska.te Keecer was before he went to Kansas,
and belore he became interested iti laud specula
lions with abolition emigration aid societies. The
Uuion mukes bold to declare that tins exeffleial,
who fled from Kansas at the -dght of hempen
twigs in the hats of her brave settlers, ‘h a uoi for
a moment diverged from the pluiu straightforward
path of duty” in a siugfe one of his land specula
tions or vile outrages upon the elective franchise.
The Union would lain seduce Virginia nows; apers
to join it in this defence of Keener, this alliance
with Greely and Garrison aid societies, and this
covert denunciation o> brave Southern settlors in
Kansas. The attempt is vain aud idle. Those
Virgiuia journals which would join iu the tase
alliance dare not, and those which d >ro would not.
The South well understands the Washington
Union. Out of 142 members already elcc.ui to
the next House of Kopreseutatives trcin the Worth,
but klteeu are Nebiaska Kansas men, upon whom
the South can rely. All the rest aro lroo to.lers—
avowed, committed and uncompromising, it is
meet for the Washington Uuiuii to look to the
flesh pots, aud to keep an e>e opoh to the publ.c
printing- i'ho South understands that manor, and
Knows well enough that overy ego bus its Arnold
aud evory cause ns Iscariot.
So that we hav* this request to make of the
Washington Uniou uewsp »per, to wit: that it do
the democracy the favor not.to approvingly men
tiou their cause, tuuir State, * r their candidates
again while our election is pending. We mean to
triumph iu Virginia, in spite of every incubus, lot
aud hiudranc<; but we desire no aid from the
Washington Union. We do not want to ko on
cumbered with ,tlie heip of the apologist ol Kood
er, flic official übietor of aid societies under the
p-tronage of Greeley aud Garrison. The syrnpa
»hy ot such a journal is a reproach upon our cause;
iu -ises arc po'lution;|its God spend a curse npon j
i ovir aids.
not moan to eundeum her own
p ;•<. in Kansas >s j u , i of the Uuion is to be
to * e ion the b:>i* ol that yotnfg t&ato, and she wil. ,
n p»uy traitor io her owu flesh ana Koiul by
a oerseu vitb Porttev in i But or. I’m* I
ir. ' louvhsr im& who h»to Kimwfr* J
a ■intended to act honestly, Kwf ;, y aud j
moth r-lely, but, firmly aud cfiectiveiy. i ey met
f: acid and cunning, aruittce and dinniMieaty m the *
b .id, manly ineru were eatMu-aed
• urts aud Battled laws to appeal to, and they
scorned trick aud artiliee. They met the abolition
isls and uid societies iu tho only manner they could
meetlhemm a wild country without adopting
their own base taolios. They mot them, as brave
honest pioueers, lookiDg to the interests of pos
turily, and to the future weltareot nußceut Bunts
always meet speculators of tho hour, who study
only selfish gain, and would turn the tailed
regions of o-rtii into perpetual desolation to serve
tbe«r own despicable interests.
Virginia recoolleots the Mrs. Forrest letter. She
dotes ol the men of the hempen twigs, liomom
bor that.
Perry vs. Soulk. —The Baltimore Patriot of
Tuesday alteruoou says : Mr. Perry, tho luto Bee
rotary of tho American Legation ut the Court ol
Madrid, has another letter in the Nat’onal lutelli
gencer of this morning, in rolutlou to tho quea
tion of voracity between Mr. Soule aud himself.—
The lettor is addressed to the President, and is
an elaborate, and apparently a truthful review o
the course of conduct pursued by Mr. Soule ii
his diplomatic career. Mr. Perry attributes thn
line of conduct to the fact that Mr. Soule is a for
eiguor, possessing a stronger feeling cf oumit)
against France aud Spain thau of real good wi>
towards the United States. He charges direct )
that his principal strove to complicate tho diflicul
ties that existed betweeu tho United States an
Spain, particularly n tho 44 Bluck Warrior” ai
fair, for the purpose, evidently, of embroiliug tin
two na’ions in a war—instead of seeking then
amicable adjustment, as ho would huve done hat
he had the true interests of his adopted country
at heart.
Wo have no doubt tha\ Mr. Perry is right in hi
conclusions, and the country is to be corgratula
tod that Mr. Soulo is sent to tho shades of retire
ment—provided, howover, that tho 44 Honorable
General Augustus Hanuibff Dodge,” as lie
writes himself, ahull pursue a moro onlightoncd
and patriotic course.
The Indians Preparing for War. —lt has al
ready been announced that largo bodies of Indians
were making warlike demonstrations in the Nortl
West. Col. Vaughn who has recently returned
from the Upper Missouri to meet his constituents
in St. Joseph, reports that the Indians upon the
Plains are in a very unsettled condition—in fact us
Burning a hostile attitudo. Ho says :
The Blackfeet, Uucapas, Manacongnes
Sansarc, and Vanctons, bunded iu one mighty host,
and scoffing existing treaties, have unburied th<
hatchet and bid defiunce to the “ powers that he.’’
These, combined with tho Brulays and Ogalali t ,
of the Platte, numbering at a small calculation 8,
000 warriors, havo thrown up fortiticutions on
Raineybuie, at tho source of Grand River, and are
not only ready, but anxious to meet any force tha»
tho Government may send against thorn. Not all
t’ e Indians, however, (be it said to thei - cre' ,%
•vaalbOM .u imateiy connected with Sm Uou
tribe, are disposed to sido with these malcontents,
in their violations of faith and allegiance. The A.
sinobines, K carrir.s, Orovatries, and Mandamn.
having the fear of the lour regiments before their
eyes, have told their agent, Col. Vaughn, iucoiv <•;!,
that they would not only aid and abet, nut lur nit)
material assistance in subduing their refractory
brethren.
Lunacy.—On Mon«v» ’ the .i.., x-aniel
O’Brien wan brought before the Inferior Court—
thcr Honors Bothune, Jepson and Nance pre
siding—on a charge of lunacy. After some •x
--amination of several witnesses and O’Brien him
self, the Jury retired, and soon returned with a
verdict, by which the unfortunate man was de
creed a tit subject to be conveyed to tho Asylum at
Milledgeville.
We learn that there Is no room in tho Asylum
for any more. If this be true, it is really a reproach
to Georgia, that her indigout in*ano cun not be
proporly cured for, but are subjected to closo con
linemont in prison, or cast loose among tho com
munity.— Coturnb us Kaquirer.
This picture, if true, does not comport very woll
with our boasting pretension to being “ the Empire
State of the South.” There is no coucoalmcnt of
the fact, that there has always been displayed by
the Legislature, toward tho Lunatic Asylum, a
niggardly parsimony, unworthy of tho Btute and
in ill keeping with tho spirit and progress of the
age and humanity.
Bxndio Timber. —Tho Boston Advertiser spokas
of an extraordinary process of bending a largo stick
of timber, by the power of machinery, into any
shape required for ship building, or any use in the
mechanic arts, or in architecture, an invention ol
Mr. Thomas Blanchard, of that city. On Wed nos
day a trial of Uho machine was made in the pres
once of a largo number of gentlemen, which proved
entirely successful. Tho action of the machine i
quiet, efficient and speedy, as fully shown in its
performance, which consistod of passing a straight
hewn piece of whito oak timber, ten inches or
twelve feet in length, and thirteen and one-half
inches square, through the machine, whereby it
was, in eleven minutes, reduced to tho form of the
most regular Bhip’s knee of tho largest size. Pieces
of timber of the hardest and most compact kind,
of any size, can bo thus bent to any desirable
radius of curvature to tho extent of a quadrant, or
any larger or smallar arc, the ends remaining
straight, of any desirable lengths. Measures have
been taken for securing patents for the invention
in England and France, and for exhibiting a stm
pie of the bent timber at the Industrial Palace of
Paris.
Commercial Relations between the United
States and Mexico. —A correspondent of tho New
Orlean Delta, writing from Tampico, under dao
of April Both, say s that tho commercial relations
between tho United States and Mexico are far from
satisfactory to Americans, and that our Minister,
the Hon. James Gadsden, has protected to tin
Prime Minister of Santa Anna against tho numc
rous special concessions which Santa Anna has
granted to certain European houses, for the intro
duction of seven or eight cargoes of foreign dry
goods on the Pacific coast, at 80 per cent, less than
the rates by the established tariff. Santa Anna
has also granted permission to an Europeanhoupe,
at the city of Mexico, to import certain articles,
without limit, for a bonus. Mr. Gadsden has pro
tested against these violations of the treaty he is
bound to protect, but has as yet obtained no satis
faction.
The Rust in Wheat. —An old farmer—an intel
ligent friend, who was cultivating the soil success
fully years and years ago, informs the editor of the
Fayettville Observer that Rust in Wheat need not
be feared before the last of the month. Watch cose
ly, and as soon as it appears, commence cutting—
don’t delay, but begin at once—and the Rust will
die in one hour from the time the Wheat falls, the
nutritive juices in the stalk will rush to the heads,
and the grain thus managed will be nearly as good
if not quite, as that which is left standing to ar
rive at maturity undisturbed by Rust. The in
formant speaks from experience. One year he lost
his entire crop, in consequence of the ravages of
Rost; daring another, he saved it by the course
hero indicated.
A Negro Millerite. —On Sunday week, while
the Rev. John H. Lacy, pastor of ihe Baptist
church in Danville, was preaching, a negro man
rushed down the gallery and ascending the p al pit
elbowed Mr. Lacy out of his place and commenced
warning the people to flee from the wrath tocomo.
He sa d that the world is to be burnt up in a few
days, and that God had commissioned Aim to step
forward and admonish all hands to prepare. Tho
enthusiast was Boeedily hustled out.
Curious, if True —Dr. Jinsley, of Cuba, claims
to have discovered that vaccine virus, as er
passing through the system of a negro, is value
less for the white race.
This is not trae, and therefore not curious. The
writer was vaccinated more than twenty years ago,
with matter taken at the moment of vaccination,
from the arm of a negro child, and though repeat
edly vaccinated since with good matter, taken from
white subjects it has in no instance had any effect,
except to produce a small watery blister with
itching.
There were twenty-seven deaths at Memphis.
(Tenn.,) for the week ending on the 12th inst., of
which seventeen were of cholera. Toe Secretary
of the Board of Health says in his report:
“This fell disease (cholera) made a sudden out
break in the upper portion ot the city about the
first of the week, and proved fatal in almost every
case.”
Within a month past upwards of four hundred
boys have been enlisted in the fraval service at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1
The NVw York Know Nothings.
Our readers havo already been advised of the
meeting of the New York State Convention of
Know Nothings at Syracuse. The New
Herald in the following correspondence pretends
to give a 4 * full and accurate report of the proceed
ings.” Whether it is so or not, of course we are
i ot advised, wo therefore givo it for what it is
worth:
Syracuse, May 12, 1856.
I* all and Accurate Account of the Proceedings of
the A :t> to Nutki»g Convention— All right among
t e Council on the slavery (Jutstion.
Tho Grand Council, State of Now York oon
veued at orinthian Hall, Syracuse, on Tuesday
last, at 10 A. M.
Tno attendance was full and imposing, every
county und town in the Stato being represented.
The annual imssuge of the Grand President, de
liverodon the first day ot the session, after the re
port of the Credential Com i.iltee, was received
with great re.’af, aud its seutimonts and doetrine*,
wnicli wore strictly national and conservative,ab
juring al. sectionalisms, enclosed by a unanimous
vote.
the coirsTmrcloir.
M jDrity and mority ropor.s were anh&uftrifi,
und constitution adopted with great uuauimHy,
composed ot portions of both. It differs In no
very essen’iul features from the late one, except
in 1 lai us it pies rioes the mode of making
uommau ns tor oilic , which by this constitution,
mu to. rod •rnmedmtoly to the ballots of the suf-
I lagans ox the Bovt ral subordh ale Councils.
the platform.
Efforts wero muuo to cunmiu the Grand CounaK
to a distinctive natioual platform of political p»ln
cip es, but this being regarded as the work pro
perly ot the onsuing National Council, no definite
action was taken, ou er than the re affirmation of
tiio thrid or Union degree, by a uunmznous vote,
w.i.ch, to every member of the Order, is the most
conclusive evidence ot the nationality of theGrsnd
Council of the Bute of New York. In Massaofau-
this third degree was repudiated, and heus«
the auoniuio s proceedings ot its Legislature, not*
witKitauaing its profession of Americanism. It
m uudemlood, however, that there are numerous
tlitrd d.'groe members iu this State, aud that, with
Gov. Gardner at their hoad, a re action is taking
place which will presently give tho national party
who ascendancy- Senator Wilsou has placed him
self bey on. 1 the palo or orthodoxy, [the Senator
never look the third degroe, or assuredly, as an
honest man, he could novor have uttered such
dcctrim s as no onuuciated at the theatre in your
ciiy.J and will, unquestionably, be repudiated by
)•. i\n>ion»i ‘’invention to which ho hus been
oloctcd a member.
Pouuiu* i.*o it is understood that thh
Ai.a p; r . o ..lied, ma to overtures lor a ie
. -.nd with tho gen oral feeling the
i <r (fin: ;otiy and it ts to be hoped it wUi
the •» *«.<* resolutions,” so called whilst they
*«.reaot upu ded, were noverlneiesn, sc modified
I sto u'lo y tho i- b >idi;iaie o«/qucilt; full power ii f
. ,;'P^vn v it; o‘hy, wor»is g to»cce^ebaAgt
i r>f», :.a the proper as u onince of a hearty
I and hon*>t, cooperation m tl,e purposec and aimoi
: Tho following may bo regMrrteff as the platfom
oi tho Now York u w « Noln.ugs, autu uia most
mg of tho N tiioual Couacil:
1. Americatb shall rule America.
2. The Union of these Stales.
ff. N j North—no South—no East—no West.
4 The United States of America as thev are.
onoamiihsoptr.ble. J
5. No sectarian interference in our legislation,
or tho administration of American laws.
6. Hostility to tho assumptions of the Pope,
through the bishop.-, prius s, and prelates of the
ttouinu Catholic Lurch, hero, iu a republic eano
ufled by t'roto-tant blood.
7. Thorough reform iu tho naturalization laws.
8. Lroo und liberal educatioual institutions for
.1; vie sand cusses, with the Bible, God’s holy
word, as u universal text book.
Although the question ol tho platform was pro
perly referable to tho National Convention—which
. noetsontl e 5.h pioximo iu Philadelphia—aud
vhs ho referred by the Grand Council of New
York at this session—yet tho Grand Coanci! re
affirmed tho third degree with enliro unanimity,
»h was manifest by tho unanimous adoption of the
ore-going platform, «feo.;
As uli parties, and factions and fragment of
parties, are lusiug in the opposition, the American
parties aro determined to lubo, where it can be
lone consistently with natioual principles and
Uuion doctiino .
It is estimated that tho attendance waH as large
at tno former session, which, iu view of the fuot
that but one delcguto from etch Council was ad
rallted, (heretofore three was the quota,) would
give n re prut eolation from Homo 1,2u0 Councils.
All Concur in the statement that it was the most
intelligent, dignified and harmonious body of the
Order that over congregated iu th» Stale.
The expulsion of Chubhuck,of Monroe, the hb*
tellite of YVoed, Greedy, Seward <& Co., was the
only unpleunaut event of the session. His ex parts
communications, through Swain, to tho 'Linos,
presented a together an unfair and uL'. ,v,,k
the uc s und doings of the session.
Tho Order, iustoad of I oing in arrear slo,oo3Jwi
required that amount for tho coming goal’s opera*
ions, and ihe full amount wanted wus sooured
without difficulty.
The next quarterly session will bo hold at Bing
ham on, Broome county.
Another Stoby for the Marines.— I The Balti
more Patriot Buys :— There is a “yam” going the
rounds of tho papers to the effect that President
Pierce has appointed ex Presidents Van Buren,
Fill moro and Tyler to offer tbo mediation of this
country to the belligerents ol Europe. The story
had its orig n, probably, in tho fact that the first
named gentleman was already in Europe, t
oond was on his way there, and in th well
grounded supposition that tho third would to
bo distinguished in some way, even if it wa? 'he
kind of notoriety the tin pun has in being ed to
tho mastiff's ulterior uppondage.
Incendiarism —An attempt was made Bunday
n'ght to tiro the drugstore of Wilson <fc Alfriend,
in Petersburg.
Bank Directors The loMow" person* e
j been elected Directors for the Branch of th< ;e
: J1.0.k in AnjruHia, for lv reso- year— viz
1 ; Barrett. <’u iilks J. Jenb’^
I. P. Garvin, L U. Wa uin,
J. G Moßkniu\ N. C. Trow.uuim'
Atamoetingofthe » >ard t Thomas Barrett,
unanimously elty iM < .it.
, ioftt, non iU M| .u .
has obtained tho contract lor tho convoys o i
he English mails from Panama to Australii >noe
v mouth, at the roto of £7,000 sterling f>? the
round trip. Two first class steamships are be
built in this country and two in England, so the
use of tho line.
The City marshal of Portland seized on Thom
day week, a largo quantity of cider at the store of
Mr. L Harlow, of that city. He dealt in the »i
iclo, and manufactured vinegar on the pre »•.
fho judge declared that cider was 44 no tor ..sly
intoxicating,” and condemned the article.
Tho Cayuga (C. W.)Sachern says the wheat crop
throughout Western Canada looks exceedingly
woll. Tho fall wheat is entirely freo from winter
killing, and as there is no dangor of its being in
jured by frost, tho prospect cf an abundant har
vest is very encouraging. Tho quantity of land
under wheat ib far greater than in an previous year.
The Icgis'uturo of Massachusetts, which has Just
closed its inglorious career, passed an sot to amend
tho Sta'o constitution prohibiting naturalized oit
izens from voting or holding any office in that
commonwealth. Those naturalizsd, however, be
fore tho amendment to tho constitution ia adopted
by a vote of tho people are to bo allowed to vote,
but not to hold office.
Meannews. —Tho corporation of Montreal invi
ted Sir Edmund Walkor Head, Governor General
of Canada, to visit that city at tho opening of the
exhibition preparatory tosendirgto the Paris Ex
hibition. They engaged rooms for him at the
Donncgona House, and refused to pay the bills.—
Vl'tno St. Julion, tho landlady, has accordingly
sued Sir Edmund for the amount.
Tho Attorney Gonoral of United States has de
cided that a treaty con- titutionally concluded and
ratified abrogates any State law or Federal law,
whether written or unwritten, which may be in
conflict with it.
Tho congregation ot tho Church of the Pilgrims
in Brooklyn, a few days since, mado their pastor —
liiv. Henry Ward Beecher—a present of a houae
in Columbia street worth $20,000.
L'jwis Sandora Noble, a soldier of the Revolu
tion, and a trooper in Marion’s legion, died re
cently in Clinch county, Ga., aged 104 years.
Order Restored in the West —All accoonU
concur, says tho St. Louis Into ligencer, in an
nouncing the complete triumph of common sense
and law iu Western Missouri and Kansas. The
ludepead'uce Messenger, (a conservative paper)
noticing a meeting recently held Id
tho Court House, tays :
It was a very calm and orderly affair, and (’apt.
Gill’s narration of his expedition against the Yan
kees, who ro bed Col. Kirby of his sqaatler’a
claim ’«n Kansas Territory, produced the greatest
mi nil in the largo assembly present. After tbia
a string of resolutions were introduced by a com
mittee selected 'or that purpose, and all passed as
a matter of course, no one either opposing or voting
against them. Wo could not support that part of
’he resolutions which breathe a “higher law” at
mosphere, as our motto is, “Let the laws rule , and
not men. 11
Death of Dr. C. 8. King.—The Charleston
Courier announces tho death of Dr. Courtnay 8.
King, who expired in April, at Kertch, in Russia,
where he had been lately stationed as a member
of the Medical stuff attached to the Russian army
of defence in the Crimea.
Col. Mantpenny and Thos. Benton.— lndian
Commissioner Manypenny has written a very aav
age four column letter in tho National Intelligen
cer, in which he accuses old Bullion of having
made statements in Missouri abaut Lieut. Beale’s
expedition, which were elaborately false.
The Chinese Slaughter.— A letter reoeived in
Now York from Shanghai says that the city pre
sents a painful scone of desolation. Many houses
were completely riddled by shots from the French
frigate, and half the city was burnt to the ground
by the rebels. The Imperialists disemboweled
several of the rebels, and sold the livers of others
ut a dollar a piece, where they could find pur
chasers lor them.
Tho entire edi’ion of the Albany Evening Jour
nal was on Monday printed on paper mode from
Basswood shavings. Its appearance was as good
as could be desired and promises well for the suc
cess oi the new invention.
Hot '.—Yesterday was a “ screamer /” The
quick-ilver climbed up to 93Jf degs. in our sanc
tum, at 6 P. M., after whioh we got disgusted with
the oppressive superabundance of calono, and
ceased to notice it.
There are six vacancies in the Udited Btatea
Senate-one whig and live democratic. New
Hampshire, Indiana, Alabama, Missouri, Califor
nia, and Ponnsylva' ia havo ea?h to eleot a Sena
tor. Mr. Gwin, ot Califo.nia, wiil o’aim a seat on
the' ground that a plurality vote elects in Califor
uia and he got that vote on the first ballot.
There are now in Ireland, it appears 2281 Ko
man Catholic priests, and of these 122* were ed*>
ceted at Maynooth,